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Table 2 Nutritional status of school children at Meseret Elementary School, Gondar, Ethiopia

From: Micronutrient levels and nutritional status of school children living in Northwest Ethiopia

Anthropometric index

Boys (n=52)

Girls (n=48)

Total (n=100)

Mean difference between sexes (95% CI)

P value for difference (2-tailed)

Height-for-age

−1.13±1.11

−1.18±1.33

−1.15±1.21

0.05 (−0.43-0.54)

0.8

Z score<−2SD (stunting)

10 (19.2%)*

13 (27.1%)

23 (23%)

  

Weight-for-age

−1.143±0.99

−1.15±1.03

−1.15±1.00

0.003 (−0.39-0.40)

0.9

Z score<−2SD (underweight)

8 (15.4)

13 (27.1%)

21 (21%)

  

BMI-for -age

−0.69±1.08

−0.76±1.68

−0.72±1.39

0.06 (−0.49-0.61)

0.8

Z score<−2SD (thinness)

6 (11.5)

5 (10.4%)

11 (11%)

  
  1. *N(%).