Table 4.

Median and IQR of anthropometry and nutritional status of schoolchildren.

	Urban			Rural			Median Test
Variables	n	Median	IQR	n	Median	IQR	p
Screening—MUAC
6–9 years	111	17.0	16.4–18.0	112	16.6	15.6–17.7	0.200
10–12 years	6	19.0	17.8–20.0	108	19.0	17.7–20.0	-
Missing	1			3
Sampled children
7–9 years	36	17.0	16.5–18.0	35	16.5	155–18.0	0.268
Anthropometry
Weight (kg)	36	24.8	22.8–27.4	35	22.1	19.7–24.2	0.013
Height (cm)	36	129.4	122.8–131.2	35	123.6	118.5–129.0	0.043
Nutritional Status
WAZ	36	−0.6	−1.2–0.1	34	−1.5	−1.9–−0.8	<0.001
BAZ	36	−0.3	−0.8–0.3	34	−1.0	−1.4–−0.6	0.001
HAZ	36	−0.6	−1.4–0.3	34	−1.1	−1.6–−0.4	0.151

Date of birth was not confirmed for one rural child, and nutritional status was not calculated, BAZ: body mass index-for-age z-score; HAZ: height-for-age z-score, MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference, WAZ: weight-for-age z-score.