Table 3.
Nutritional status of children by age (n = 581).
| Nutritional Status | Child Age | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 Months | 9–11 Months | 12–23 Months | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | ||
| Stunting (LAZ) | No | 120 | 30.9 | 82 | 21.1 | 186 | 48.0 | 388 | 66.8 |
| Yes | 21 | 10.9 | 19 | 9.8 | 153 | 79.3 | 193 | 33.2 | |
| Wasting (WLZ) | No | 126 | 25.3 | 88 | 17.6 | 285 | 57.1 | 499 | 85.9 |
| Yes | 15 | 18.3 | 13 | 15.9 | 54 | 65.9 | 82 | 14.1 * | |
| Underweight (WAZ) | No | 116 | 27.4 | 80 | 18.9 | 228 | 53.8 | 424 | 73.0 |
| Yes | 25 | 15.9 | 21 | 13.4 | 111 | 70.7 | 157 | 27.0 * | |
| Overweight (WLZ) | No | 135 | 23.9 | 101 | 17.8 | 330 | 58.3 | 566 | 97.4 |
| Yes | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 60.0 | 15 | 2.6 * | |
* Prevalence of Nutritional Status Indicator. Prevalence of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) Indicators among children (6–23 months) in Northern Ghana. Row % of cross tabulation are presented in the table, except for Total % of n in the last column.