Table 2.
The growth retardation frequencies of patients with TOF.
| Retardation pattern | Girls | Boys | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 124) | Infant (n = 49) | Child (n = 75) | P value | Total (n = 138) | Infant (n = 65) | Child (n = 73) | P value | Total (n = 262) | Infant (n = 114) | Child (n = 148) | P value | |
| Stunting (HAZ ≤ − 2) | 29 (23.4%) | 9 (18.4%) | 20 (26.7%) | 0.286 | 27 (19.6%) | 8 (12.3%) | 19 (26.0%) | 0.011* | 56 (21.4%) | 17 (14.9%) | 39 (26.4%) | 0.025* |
| Severe stunting (HAZ ≤ − 3) | 6 (4.8%) | 2 (4.1%) | 4 (5.3%) | 1.000 | 13 (9.4%) | 4 (6.2%) | 6 (8.2%) | 0.749 | 16 (6.1%) | 6 (5.3%) | 10 (6.8%) | 0.617 |
| Underweight (WAZ ≤ − 2) | 18 (14.5%) | 7 (14.3%) | 11 (14.7%) | 0.953 | 20 (14.5%) | 5 (7.7%) | 15 (20.5%) | 0.032* | 38 (14.5%) | 12 (10.5%) | 26 (17.6%) | 0.109 |
| Severe underweight (WAZ ≤ − 3) | 7 (5.6%) | 5 (10.2%) | 2 (2.7%) | 0.112 | 6 (4.3%) | 3 (4.6%) | 3 (4.1%) | 0.666 | 13 (5.0%) | 8 (7.0%) | 5 (3.4%) | 0.098 |
| Wasting (BMIZ ≤ − 2) | 8 (6.5%) | 5 (10.2%) | 3 (4.0%) | 0.262 | 18 (13.0%) | 9 (13.8%) | 9 (12.3%) | 0.792 | 26 (9.9%) | 14 (12.3%) | 12 (8.1%) | 0.263 |
| Severe wasting (BMIZ ≤ − 3) | 5 (4.0%) | 4 (8.2%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0.079 | 6 (4.3%) | 2 (3.1%) | 4 (5.5%) | 0.684 | 11 (4.2%) | 6 (5.3%) | 5 (3.4%) | 0.540 |
Wasting frequency of infant group and child group were compared using chi-square test. P < 0.05 was considered as significant difference.