Table 2.

Prevalence (%) of stunting and wasting by age and sex

Age category (months)	n	Normala			Stuntedb			Wastedc
		Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
0–5	408	85.0	75.6*	80.6	7.6	5.8	6.8	7.0	18.5**	12.6
6–11	410	72.3	87.3**	79.6	20.1	7.5**	14.1	7.6	4.6	6.3
12–23	808	59.5	76.9***	67.4	30.2	16.2***	23.8	10.5	6.9	8.8
24–35	780	52.1	54.4	53.3	41.2	41.4	41.3	6.7	4.1	5.3
36–47	847	59.5	62.0	60.7	34.4	34.4	34.4	6.2	3.5	4.9
48–59	728	60.2	61.6	60.9	32.4	31.8	32.1	7.5	6.6	7.0
Total	3981	62.0	67.2**	64.5	30.3	26.3**	28.4	7.6	6.4	7.1

Note. Statistical testing for differences between male and female children. NS: not significant.

^aNormal defined as the child did not suffer from underweight, stunting, or wasting.

^bStunted defined as height‐for‐age z‐score (HAZ) < −2.

^cWasted defined as weight‐for‐height z‐score (WHZ) < −2.

^* P < 0.05.

^** P < 0.01.

^*** P < 0.001 (chi‐square, adjusted for sampling design).