Table 2 Malnutrition signs in schoolchildren in Ouagadougou
Percentage (Frequency) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of signs (N = 649) | Boys | Girls | Total | P value* |
Zero (0) | 42.1 (130) | 43.8 (149) | 43.0 (279) | |
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 |