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. 2022 Aug 12;8:78. doi: 10.1186/s40795-022-00574-z

Table 4.

Gender and malnutrition

Sex Category of Acute malnutrition χ2 P-value
MAM % SAM % GAM %
Male (n = 460) 81 17.6% 35 7.6% 116 25.2% 8.42 0.004*
Female (n = 491) 63 12.8% 24 4.9% 86 17.5%
Category of chronic malnutrition (stunting) χ2 P-value
Sex Moderate stunting % Severe stunting % Overall stunting %
Male (n = 460) 118 25.5% 90 19.8% 208 45.3% 5.99 0.005*
Female (n = 491) 111 22.6% 74 15.1% 185 37.7%

*Statistically significant at 0.05 significant level