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. 2019 Feb 22;25(8):1428–1441. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy403

TABLE 2.

Prevalence of Undernutrition According to BMI

All Children, No. (%) All Adults, No. (%)
Degree of Undernutrition Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU
(n = 203) (n = 179) (n = 4) (n = 20) (n = 24) (n = 387) (n = 274) (n = 97) (n = 16) (n = 113)
Severe 13 (6.4) 13 (7.3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 35 (9.0) 25 (9.1) 8 (8.3) 2 (12.5) 10 (8.9)
Mild 16 (7.9) 15 (8.4) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 1 (4.2) 20 (5.2) 18 (6.6) 2 (2.1) 0 (0) 2 (1.8)
Combined 29 (14.3) 28 (15.6) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 1 (4.2) 53 (13.7) 41 (15.0) 10 (10.3) 2 (12.5) 12 (10.6)
Male Children, No. (%) Male Adults, No. (%)
Degree of Undernutrition Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU
(n = 114) (n = 105) (n = 0) (n = 9) (n = 9) (n = 195) (n = 141) (n = 51) (n = 3) (n = 54)
Severe 8 (7.0) 8 (7.6) N/A 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (8.2) 13 (9.2) 3 (5.9) 0 (0) 3 (5.6)
Mild 5 (4.4) 5 (4.8) N/A 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (4.6) 9 (6.4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Combined 13 (11.4) 13 (12.4) N/A 0 (0) 0 (0) 25 (12.8) 22 (15.6) 3 (5.9) 0 (0) 3 (5.6)
Female Children, No. (%) Female Adults, No. (%)
Degree of Undernutrition Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU Total CD UC IBDU UC+IBDU
(n = 89) (n = 74) (n = 4) (n = 11) (n = 15) (n = 192) (n = 133) (n = 46) (n = 13) (n = 59)
Severe 5 (5.6) 5 (6.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 19 (9.9) 12 (9.0) 5 (10.9) 2 (15.4) 7 (11.9)
Mild 11 (12.4)b 10 (13.5)c 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 1 (6.7) 11 (5.7)a 9 (6.8) 2 (4.4) 0 (0) 2 (3.4)
Combined 16 (18.0) 15 (20.3) 1 (25.0) 0 (0) 1 (6.7) 30 (15.6) 21 (15.8) 7 (15.2) 2 (15.4) 9 (15.3)

Prevalence of severe, mild, and total undernutrition in pediatric and adult cohorts.

a P < 0.06 vs children.

b P < 0.06, cP < 0.05 vs male.