The Dual Burden of Malnutrition and Associated Dietary and Lifestyle Habits among Lebanese School Age Children Living in Orphanages in North Lebanon

Table 1

Clinical assessment.

Variable	Age group			Test of significance	p
	Total ()	<10 ()	≥10 ()
	Number (%)	Number (%)	Number (%)
Skin condition
Normal	113 (73.9%)	60 (75.0%)	53 (72.6%)	0.114	0.736
Abnormal	40 (26.1%)	20 (25.0%)	20 (27.4%)
Hair condition
Healthy	144 (94.1%)	78 (97.5%)	66 (90.4%)	3.465	0.063
Abnormal	9 (5.9%)	2 (2.5%)	7 (6.9%)
Muscle wasting
No	149 (97.4%)	79 (98.8%)	70 (95.9%)	1.226	0.348
Yes	4 (2.6%)	1 (1.3%)	3 (4.1%)
Edema
No	153 (100.0%)	80 (100.0%)	73 (100.0%)	—	—
Yes	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Bowing of legs or knock knees
No	149 (97.4%)	77 (96.3%)	72 (98.6%)	0.489	0.622
Yes	4 (2.6%)	3 (3.8%)	1 (1.4%)
Mucus membranes
Normal	144 (94.1%)	79 (98.8%)	65 (89.0%)
Abnormal	9 (5.9%)	1 (1.3%)	8 (11%)

: chi-square test.
significant at ≤ 0.05.