Factors Associated with Acute Malnutrition among Children Admitted to a Diarrhoea Treatment Facility in Bangladesh
Table 1
Characteristics (continuous variables) of the cases (wasted) and controls (nonwasted) children.
Variable
Case
Control
value
Child’s age (months)
0.004
Weight-for-length -scorea
<0.001
Weight-for-age -scorea
<0.001
Length-for-age -scorea
<0.001
BMI-for-age -scorea
<0.001
Total number of children in the family
0.270
Exclusive/predominant breastfeeding (month)
0.042
Birth order
0.365
Mother's age (years)
0.737
Mother's weight (kg)
<0.001
Mother's height (meter)
<0.001
Mother's body mass index (kg/M2)
<0.001
Mother's education (years)
<0.001
Father's age (years)
0.249
Father's education (years)
<0.001
Total family income per month (takab)
<0.001
All data are expressed as mean ± SD. aIn relation to the WHO 2006 standard [4]; btaka (Bangladeshi currency: 1 UD$ = 80 taka, average rate during the study period).