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Table 3 Anthropometric status of the study participants (n=400) in Samre Woreda from March-April, 2011

From: Feeding practices, nutritional status and associated factors of lactating women in Samre Woreda, South Eastern Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia

Anthropometric variables

n

%

Maternal height

  

≤ 145 cm

9

2.2

>145 cm

391

97.8

Maternal weight

  

≤ 45 kg

124

31

>45 kg

276

69

Maternal MUAC

  

< 21 cm

52

13

≥ 21 cm

348

87

Mean

23.2 (±1.9)1

 

Maternal BMI

  

< 18.5 kg/m2

100

25

18.5-24.99 kg/m2

293

73.2

≥ 25 kg/m2

7

1.8

Mean

19.8 (±2.00)1

 
  1. 1Mean ± SD (all such values).
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