Table 2 |
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Malnutrition signs in schoolchildren in Ouagadougou |
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Percentage (Frequency) |
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Number of signs (N = 649) |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
P value* |
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Zero (0) |
42.1 (130) |
43.8 (149) |
43.0 (279) |
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One (1) or more |
57.9 (179) |
56.2 (191) |
57.0 (370) |
0.652 |
|
Two (2) |
14.2 (44) |
12.1 (41) |
13.1 (85) |
0.411 |
|
Stunting + Thinness |
1.9 (6) |
0.3 (1) |
1.1 (7) |
0.042 |
|
Stunting + Anaemia |
3.2 (10) |
3.5 (12) |
3.4 (22) |
0.837 |
|
Thinness + Anaemia |
6.5 (20) |
5.3 (18) |
5.9 (38) |
0.523 |
|
Stunting + VAD†† |
3.6 (3) |
5.6 (5) |
4.6 (8) |
0.544 |
|
Thinness + VAD†† |
3.6 (3) |
2.2 (2) |
2.9 (5) |
0.585 |
|
Anaemia + VAD†† |
24.1 (20) |
16.7(15) |
20.2 (35) |
0.224 |
|
Three (3) |
1.9 (6) |
1.2 (4) |
1.5 (10) |
0.429 |
|
Stunting + Thinness + Anaemia |
1.0 (3) |
0.0 (0) |
0,5 (3) |
0.069 |
|
Stunting + VAD + Anaemia†† |
1.2 (1) |
4.4 (4) |
2.9 (5) |
0.204 |
|
Thinness + Anaemia + VAD†† |
2.4 (2) |
0.0 (0) |
1.2 (2) |
0.139 |
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†† For multi-deficiencies including VAD, N = 173 * χ2 test |
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Daboné et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:34 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-34 |
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