Effects of a Cereal and Soy Dietary Formula on Rehabilitation of Undernourished Children at Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso

Table 2

Different kinds of malnutrition with the 304 children according to the age groups.

Age group	Months	M1	M2	M3	K1	K2, M3	Total
1	6 to 9	2/4	2/7	103/281	2/3		109/304
		50.00%	28.57%	36.65%	66.67%		35.85%
2	10 to 14			90/281	1/3	2/9	93/304
				32.03%	33.33%	22.22%	30.59%
3	15 to 19		5/7	40/281			45/304
			71.43%	14.23%			14.80%
4	20 to 48	2/4		48/281		7/9	57/304
		50.00%		17.09%		77.78%	18.75%
	Total	4	7	281	3	9	304

𝜒² : 1 → 2; 𝑃=0.248,  𝜒² : 1 → 3; 𝑃<0.001,  𝜒² : 1 → 4; 𝑃<0.001,  𝜒² : 2 → 3; 𝑃<0.001,𝜒² : 2 → 4; 𝑃<0.001,  𝜒²: 3 → 4; 𝑃=0.353.
M1: marasmus phase 1; M2: marasmus phase 2; M3: marasmus phase 3; K1 and K2: Kwashiorkor phases 1 and 2.