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. 2020 Jul 17;12(7):2120. doi: 10.3390/nu12072120

Table 2.

Food security classifications using an adapted food security index among infants aged 3–12 months in the cross-sectional study (n = 70) a.

SD Cut Point Score Range Definition Prevalence, n (%)
<−2 SD <7.12 Extremely food insecure 4 (5.7)
−2 SD ≤ • < −1 SD 7.13–10.88 Highly food insecure 5 (7.1)
−1 SD ≤ • < −0.5 SD 10.89–12.76 Moderately food insecure 9 (12.9)
−0.5 SD ≤ • < +0.5 SD 12.77–16.52 Moderately food secure 16 (22.9)
+0.5 SD ≤ • < +1 SD 16.53–18.40 Highly food secure 31 (44.3)
≥+1 SD ≥18.41 Extremely food secure 0 (0)

SD = standard deviation. a Total number of responses = 65 as there were 5 (7.1%) incomplete responses.