Free Radicals and Antioxidant Status in Protein Energy Malnutrition

Table 1

Anthropometric measurements in cases of malnutrition and control.

Parameters	Mean ± SD				Intergroup comparison one; way ANOVA	Post Hoc test significant pairs
	Control; 𝑛=57	Grade 1; 𝑛=65	Grade 2; 𝑛=60	Grades 3 and 4; 𝑛=68
Wt (kg)	12.09 ± 3.09	9.94 ± 2.28	8.11 ± 1.77	6.76 ± 2.04	𝐹=75.392; 𝑃<0.01	All significant
Age (month)	29.52 ± 15.95	30.88 ± 15.33	27.77 ± 13.95	26.27 ± 17.64	𝐹=1.221; 𝑃>0.05
Ht (cm)	87.80 ± 12.03	88.76 ± 10.95	83.97 ± 10.69	80.91 ± 13.52	𝐹=7.001; 𝑃<0.001	Control Grades 3 and 4; Grade 1 and Grades 3 and 4
HC (cm)	47.4 ± 2.18	47.7 ± 1.78	46.9 ± 2.10	46.8 ± 2.48	𝐹=2.507; 𝑃>0.05	No group significant
MAC (cm)	14.9 ± 0.89	13.9 ± 0.86	12.04 ± 1.14	10.9 ± 0.97	𝐹=263.723; 𝑃<0.001	All significant
CC (cm)	48.52 ± 3.59	49.02 ± 3.16	48.1 ± 3.10	47.7 ± 4.35	𝐹=1.803; 𝑃>0.05	No group significant