Prevalence, Patterns, and Determinants of Malaria and Malnutrition in Douala, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study
Table 4
Types of malnutrition by age groups and gender.
Age groups
Female
Male
Total
%
%
%
<5 years ()
Stunted
5
29.4
3
17.6
8
23.6
Wasting
0
0.0
1
5.9
1
2.9
Stunted + underweight
0
0.0
1
5.9
1
2.9
Total
5
29.4
5
29.4#
10
29.4†
5-19 years ()
Stunted
8
9.0
3
6.0
11
8.0
Overweight
7
7.9
1
2.1
8
5.8
Underweight
4
4.5
0
0.0
4
2.9
Obesity
1
1.1
1
2.1
2
1.4
Obesity + stunted
1
1.1
0
0.0
1
0.7
Stunted + underweight
1
1.1
0
0.0
1
0.7
Total
22
24.7
5
10.2##
27
19.6††
≥20 years ()
Overweight
19
27.1
17
43.6
36
33.1
Obesity I
17
24.3
11
28.2
28
25.7
Obesity II
11
15.7
2
5.3
13
11.9
Obesity III
5
7.1
0
0.0
5
4.6
Underweight
2
2.9
0
0.0
2
1.8
Total
54
77.1
30
77.1###
84
77.1†††
Percentage is computed using the total number of each age category and gender as denominator (,, and for the second column, ,, and for the third column, and ,, and for the fourth column).
