Analysis of Current Status on a New Public Health Nutrition Service Pattern in China: A Nutrition Outpatient Clinic-Based Study

Table 3

Differences of demographics between main nutrition services.

Variable	Healthy Dietary Services (n=425)	Malnutrition (n=326)	P Value	Undernutrition (n=116)	Overnutrition (n=210)	P Value
Sex
Female	229 (53.9)	157(48.2)	0.120	65(56.0)	92(43.8)	0.086
Age (years)
0- <18	199 (46.8)	70(21.5)	<0.001	33(28.4)	37(17.6)	0.023
18-64	218(51.3)	247(75.8)	<0.001	77(66.4)	170(81.0)	0.003
≥65	8(1.9)	9(2.8)	0.422	6(5.2)	3(1.4)	0.073

Values are presented as number (%). (a) Values for proportion of patients in each group were compared with each other using chi-squared test and Fisher exact test. (b) P-value <0.05.