Table 3. Proportions and mean values of characteristics, stratified by stunting categories (N = 729).
| Not stunted, n(%) | Stunted, n(%) | p-value | ||
| Wasting | ||||
| Wasted | 63 (14.2%) | 77 (27.1%) | <0·001 | |
| Underweight | ||||
| Underweight | 106 (23.8%) | 271 (95.4%) | <0·001 | |
| Blood lead level | ||||
| elevated (BLL≥5μg/dL) | 379 (85.2%) | 252 (88.3%) | 0.169 | |
| Gender of child | ||||
| Male | 212 (47.6%) | 155 (54.6%) | 0.068 | |
| Maternal Education | ||||
| never attended school | 80 (18.0%) | 73 (25.7%) | 0.012 | |
| Food Security Status | 0.001 | |||
| Food secure | 278 (62.5%) | 152 (53.5%) | ||
| Mildly food insecure | 50 (11.2%) | 25 (8.80%) | ||
| moderately food insecure | 84 (18·9%) | 59 (20.8%) | ||
| severely food insecure | 33 (7.42%) | 48 (16·9%) | ||
| Not stunted, mean (±SD) | Stunted, mean (±SD) | p-value | ||
| BLL (μg/dL) | 8.10 (±3.80) | 8.47 (±3.37) | 0.179 | |
| Child’s age (months) | 11.7 (±4.94) | 14.1 (±5.20) | <0·001 | |
| Child’s length (cm) | 71.7 (±5.65) | 69.5 (±5.42) | <0·001 | |
| Child’s weight (Kg) | 8.28 (±1.34) | 7.13 (±1.16) | <0·001 | |
| Maternal height (cm) | 150.2 (±5.35) | 147.7 (±6.62) | <0·001 | |
| Maternal BMI (Kg/m2) | 21.6 (±3.55) | 20.1 (±3.40) | <0·001 | |
| Monthly household income (USD)* | 140 (±175) | 99 (±61) | <0·001 | |
*1 USD = 78 Bangladeshi Taka