Table 4.
Distribution of underweight, stunting and thinness among participants in the four fields of operations
| Field | Gaza | West Bank | Syria | Lebanon | Total field | P value |
| Underweight, n (%) | 30 (3.1) | 16 (3.4) | 22 (6.3) | 16 (2.5) | 84 (3.5) | 0.014 |
| Stunting, n (%) | 41 (4.3) | 11 (2.3) | 15 (4.3) | 11 (1.7) | 78 (3.2) | 0.014 |
| Thinness, n (%) | 50 (5.2) | 24 (5.1) | 35 (10.1) | 27 (4.2) | 136 (5.6) | <0.001 |
| Overweight, n (%) | 25 (2.6) | 27 (5.7) | 14 (4) | 55 (8.6) | 121 (5) | <0.001 |
n means frequency.
χ2 test was applied and p<0.05 was considered significant.