Insulin Growth Factor-I in Protein-Energy Malnutrition during Rehabilitation in Two Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres in Burkina Faso

Table 1

Social and demographic characteristics of the household and the children admitted in two the nutritional rehabilitation centres in Burkina Faso.

Social and demographic characteristics	N	Mean ± SD or %
Gender of the children
Boys	37	62.7
Girls	22	37.3
Mean age of children (months)	59	14 ± 6
Age categories of children (months)
0–5	4	6.8
6–11	6	10.2
12–23	45	76.3
24–35	4	6.8
Age of the mothers	56	27.3 ± 6.1
Age categories (years)
≤19	6	10.7
20–24	13	23.2
25–29	15	26.8
30–34	14	25.0
35–39	8	14.3
Scholarship of the mother
Yes	2	3.4
No	57	96.6
Scholarship of the father
Yes	7	11.9
No	52	88.1
Employment of the mother
Housewife	55	93.2
Independents/employees	4	6.8
Employment of the father
Farmer	52	88.1
Independent/employees	7	11.9