Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Belespoir n = 30 |
Kodjo n = 50 |
Landja 1 n = 49 |
Landja 2 n = 106 |
Mangapou 2 n = 24 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | |||||
| Male: n (%) | 19 (63.3) | 25 (50.0) | 20 (40.8) | 58 (54.7) | 13 (54.2) |
| Female: n (%) | 11 (36.7) | 25 (50.0) | 29 (59.2) | 48 (45.3) | 11 (45.8) |
| Age: median (IQR) | 7.0 (6.0–7.0) | 7.5 (6.0–8.8) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) | 7.5 (6.0–9.0) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) |
| Duration in village: median (IQR) | 7.0 (6.0–7.0) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) | 7.0 (6.0–8.0) |
| Enrolled in school: n (%) | 30 (100.0) | 43 (86.0) | 43 (87.8) | 90 (84.9) | 20 (83.3) |
| School level: median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–2) |
| Anthropometrics | |||||
| Height in cm: median (IQR) | 113 (110-121) | 112 (108–119) | 114 (110–118) | 119 (112–125) | 112 (105–120) |
| HfA a z-score: mean (SD) | −1.04 (1.27) | −1.81 (1.51) | −1.12 (1.00) | −1.00 (1.38) | −2.25 (2.29) |
| Stunting b: n (%) | 6 (20.0) | 22 (44.0) | 8 (16.7) | 27 (25.7) | 13 (54.2) |
| Weight in kg: median (IQR) | 20.5 (20.0–24.8) | 20.0 (15.2–23.0) | 22.0 (20.0–25.0) | 22.0 (19.0–25.0) | 20.5 (16.8–24.2) |
| BfA c z-score: mean (SD) | 0.71 (0.80) | −0.67 (2.97) | 0.60 (1.74) | −0.23 (1.71) | 0.83 (2.06) |
| Underweight d: n (%) | 0 (0) | 16 (32.0) | 3 (6.3) | 15 (14.4) | 1 (4.2) |
a HfA: Height-for-age z-score based on the WHO growth curves; b Stunting: Height-for-age < −2z. c BfA: BMI-for-age z-score based on the WHO growth curves; d Underweight: BMI-for-age < −2z. IQR: Interquartile range; SD: Standard deviation.