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Table 2 Sex Distribution of the Clients

From: Under-five Protein Energy Malnutrition Admitted at the University of In Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: a 10 year retrospective review

PEM type

Male (%)

Female (%)

Kwashiokor

30 (23.6)

10 (11.8)

Underweight

12 (9.4)

5 (5.9)

Marasmic-kwash

6 (4.7)

9 (10.6)

Marasmus

44 (34.6)

30 (35.3)

Unclassified

35 (27.6)

31 (36.5)

Total

127 (100)

85 (100)

  1. χ² = 8.382, df =4, P = 0. 07.
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