Dietary Calcium Intake in Sample of School Age Children in City of Rabat, Morocco
Table 1
Anthropometric results of the participants by sex.
Girls ()
Boys ()
Total ()
value
Age (years)
10.49 ± 2.63
9.82 ± 2.41
10.1 ± 2.54
0.1
Weight (Kg)
34.10 ± 12.43
32.73 ± 11.33
33.39 ± 11.84
0.4
Weight z-score
0.0062 ± 1.35197
0.0418 ± 1.71340
0.02 ± 1.55
0.3
Height (cm)
138.56 ± 13.84
137.01 ± 14.42
137.76 ± 14.11
0.53
Height z-score
−0.21 ± 1.26
−0.01 ± 1.33
−0.11 ± 1.23
0.75
BMI
17.3 ± 3.47
17.05 ± 3.79
17.17 ± 3.63
0.7
BMI-for-age z-score
−0.15 ± 1.38
−0.10 ± 1.83
−0.13 ± 1.63
0.8
values were calculated by one-way ANOVA for means. Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation. BMI (body mass index) and BAZ (BMI z-score of body mass index for age) were determined according to [10].
