Current and potential role of grain legumes on protein and micronutrient adequacy of the diet of rural Ghanaian infants and young children: using linear programming

Table 1 Nutritional status of children 6 to 23 months old in Karaga sub-district, Northern region, Ghana^a

	6-8 BF	9-11 BF	12-23 BF	12-23 NBF
Characteristics	n=97^b	n=97^c	n=114	n=29
Age, months	7.9 ± 0.9	10.8 ± 1.0	17.1 ± 3.2	20.9 ± 3.3
Sex, girls, % (n)	52.6 (51)	52.6 (51)	50.0 (57)	37.9 (11)
Height for age, z score	-1.2 ± 1.1	-1.6 ± 1.2	-2.2 ± 1.3	-1.9 ± 2.1
Children being stunted % (n)	26.8 (26)	31.9 (31)	53.5 (61)	55.2 (16)
Weight for height, z score	-1.0 ± 1.0	-1.0 ± 1.1	-1.0 ± 0.9	-0.8 ± 1.3
Children being wasted % (n)	14.4 (14)	13.4 (13)	13.2 (15)	13.7 (4)
Body-mass-index for age, z score	-1.1 ± 1.0	-0.9 ± 1.1	-0.7 ± 0.9	-0.4 ± 1.3
Children begin overweight, % (n)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	3.4 (1)

6-8 BF = breastfed children of 6-8 months, 9-11 BF = breastfed children of 9-11 months, 12-23 BF = breastfed children of 12-23 months, 12-23 NBF = non-breastfed children of 12-23 months
^aValues are mean ± standard deviation unless stated otherwise
^bn=96, missing anthropometric measurements information for 1 child
^cn=96, missing date of birth and anthropometric measurements information for 1 child

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