Research Article
Malnutrition and Its Associated Factors among Rural School Children in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt
Table 3
Prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting, and obesity among study participants by age and sex.
| | Age groups | | HAZ | WAZ | BAZ | | Stunting | value | Underweight | value | Wasting | value | Obesity | value |
| | 6–9 | M (123) | 19 (15.4) | 0.874 | 3 (2.4) | 0.346 | 2 (1.6) | >0.999 | 37 (30.1) | 0.486 | | F (82) | 12 (14.6) | 4 (4.9) | 2 (2.4) | 21 (25.6) | | Total (205) | 31 (15.1) | 7 (3.4) | 4 (2.0) | 58 (28.3) |
| | 10–13 | M (180) | 73 (40.6) | 0.623 | | 2 (1.1) | | 30 (16.7) | 0.021 | | F (148) | 64 (43.2) | 0 | 12 (8.1) | | Total (328) | 137 (41.8) | 2 (0.6) | 42 (12.8) |
| | 14–17 | M (176) | 49 (38.9) | 0.357 | 0 | | 6 (4.8) | >0.999 | | F (148) | 35 (45.5) | 0 | 4 (5.2) | | Total (315) | 84 (41.4) | 0 | 10 (4.9) |
| | Total | M (429) | 141 (32.9) | 0.354 | 4 (0.9) | >0.999 | 73 (17.0) | 0.063 | | F (307) | 111 (36.2) | 2 (0.7) | 37 (12.1) | | Total (736) | 252 (34.2) | 6 (0.8) | 110 (14.9) |
| | value between age groups | <0.001 | | <0.001 |
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; WAZ is calculated by WHO Anthro PLus up to 10 years; invalid chi-square test.
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