Research Article

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

Table 7

Percentage of nutritional rehabilitation of children according to z-scores.

StageWHZWAZ
WHZ1WHZ2PWAZ1WAZ2P

z-score > −232 (10,53%)226 (74,34%)<0.0010 (0%)64 (21,05%)
−3 < z-score < −2104 (34,21%)58 (19,08%)0.03544 (14,47%)124 (40,79%)<0.001
z-score < −3168 (55,26%)20 (06,58%)<0.001260 (85,53%)116 (38,16%)<0.001

WHZ1: weight for height z-score at beginning of the study; WHZ2: weight for height z-score at the end of the study; WAZ1: weight for age z-score at the beginning of study; WAZ2: weight for age z-score at the end of the study.