Table 4.
Group | Description of the group | Age (years) | Sex | Total % (n) | ||
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2 to 3 % (n) | 3 to 4 % (n) | Boys % (n) | Girls % (n) | |||
A | No anthropometric failure | 53.7 (174) | 50.6 (157) | 54.1 (184) | 50.0 (147) | 52.2 (331) |
B | Wasting only | 1.2 (4) | 4.2 (13) | 3.8 (13) | 1.3 (4) | 2.6 (17) |
C | Wasting and underweight | 6.2 (20) | 8.7 (27) | 6.7 (23) | 8.5 (25) | 7.5 (48) |
D | Wasting, underweight and stunting | 6.8 (22) | 9.7 (30) | 9.7 (33) | 6.4 (19) | 8.2 (52) |
E | Stunting and underweight | 17.6 (57) | 14.8 (46) | 13.8 (47) | 18.7 (55) | 16.1 (102) |
F | Stunting only | 9.6 (31) | 9.4 (29) | 8.8 (30) | 10.2 (30) | 9.4 (60) |
Y | Underweight only | 4.9 (16) | 2.6 (8) | 2.9 (10) | 4.76 (14) | 3.7 (24) |
Total anthropometric failure (B + C + D + E + F + Y) | 46.3 (150) | 49.4 (153) | 45.8 (156) | 50.0 (147) | 47.8 (303) | |
χ2 | 11.516 | 10.864 | ||||
p | 0.074 | 0.093 |