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Table 3 Nutritional status (comparison of school feeding and non- school feeding)

From: Nutritional status of in-school children and its associated factors in Denkyembour District, eastern region, Ghana: comparing schools with feeding and non-school feeding policies

Attribute

All

School feeding

Non- school feeding

p-value

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Height for age z-score(HAZ)

 Normal

297 (82.7)

133 (82.6)

164 (82.8)

 

 Tall

2 (0.6)

2 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

 

 Stunted

60 (16.7)

26 (16.2)

34 (17.2)

 

 Total

359 (100.0)

16 1(100.0)

198 (100)

0.284

Body mass index for age z-score(BAZ)

 Normal

332 (92.5)

143(88.8)

189 (95.5)

 

 Overweigh0074

3 (0.8)

3 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

 

 Thinness

24 (6.7)

15 (9.3)

9 (4.6)

 

 Total

359 (100.0)

161 (100.0)

198 (100.0)

0.028