Research Article

Incidence and Predictors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Children Who Received Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Historical Cohorts Study 2009–2019

Table 3

Nutritional status of seropositive children attending ART cares in selected health facility at Benishangul Gumuz regions, 2020 (n = 721).

VariablesFrequency

Weight-for-age (WFA)Normal growth curveWAZ ≥ −2 Z score491 (68.1
Moderate underweightWAZ −2-3 Z score144 (19.9%)
Severe underweightWAZ ≤ −3 Z score86 (11.9%)
Height-for-age (HFA)Normal growthHAZ ≥ −2 Z score428 (59.4%)
Moderate stuntingHAZ −2-3 Z score154 (21.4%)
Severe stuntingHAZ ≤ − 3 Z score139 (19.2%)
Weight-for-height (WFH)Normal growth curveWHZ ≥ −2 Z score531 (73.5%)
Moderate wastingWHZ −2-3 Z score119 (16.6%)
Severe wastingWHZ ≤ −3 Z score71 (9.9%)
SAM admission history by sex, age, and residence (N = 124)SexMale65/124 (52.4%)
Female59124 (47.6%)
ResidentRural70/124 (56.45%)
Urban54/124 (43.5%)
Age≤60 months33/124 (26.6%)
61–120 months42/124 (33.8%)
121–179 months49/124 (39.5%)