Table 3. Nutritional status of 752 inmates at Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 2015*.
| Nutritional status | No. (%) inmates |
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|---|---|---|---|
| With TB, n = 142 | Without TB, n = 610 | Total, N = 752 | |
| BMI >18 kg/m2 |
32 (22.5) |
350 (57.4) |
382 (50.8) |
| Degree of malnutrition† | 110 (77.5) | 260 (42.6) | 370 (49.2) |
| Mild | 53 (37.3) | 95 (15.6) | 148 (19.7) |
| Moderate | 27 (19.0) | 98 (16.1) | 125 (16.6) |
| Severe | 30 (21.1) | 67 (11.0) | 97 (12.9) |
*BMI, body mass index; TB, tuberculosis. †Malnutrition defined as BMI <18 kg/m2. Severity of malnutrition: severe, BMI <16.0; moderate, BMI 16.0–16.9; mild, BMI 17.0–18.49.