Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases and Schistosomiasis in Preschool Age Children in Mwea Division, Kirinyaga South District, Kirinyaga County, and Their Potential Effect on Physical Growth

Table 6

Prevalence of malnutrition in PSAC in Mwea Division based on the children’s -scores.

	Mean -score values	95% confidence interval	% of moderately malnourished children	% of severely malnourished children
WAZ
Male ()	−0.66 ± 1.08	(−0.82–−0.51) 95% CI	14.2% underweight (<−2)	2.2% severe underweight (<−3)
Female ()	−0.64 ± 1.07	(−0.79–−0.48) 95% CI	11.8% underweight (<−2)	1.1% severe underweight (<−3)
HAZ
Male ()	−0.11 ± 1.37	(−0.31–0.09) 95% CI	8.2% stunted (<−2)	0.5% severe stunted (<−3)
Female ()	0.15 ± 1.25	(−0.04–0.33) 95% CI	3.4% stunted (<−2)	0.16% severe stunted (<−3)
WHZ
Male ()	−0.90 ± 1.12	(−1.07–−0.74) 95% CI	20.8% wasted (<−2) 0.0% obese (>2)	3.8% severe wasted (<−3)
Female ()	−1.10 ± 1.04	(−1.25–−0.95) 95% CI	20.2% wasted (<−2) 0.0% obese (>2)	3.4% severe wasted (<−3)

CI = confidence interval, = total number of children, and = -score.