Geohelminth Infections and Nutritional Status of Preschool Aged Children in a Periurban Settlement of Ogun State

Table 5

Nutritional indices (-score) of the surveyed preschool aged children.

	Nutritional Indices
	Height-for-age (stunting)	Weight-for-age (underweight)	Weight-for-height (wasting)	BMI-for-age (thinness)
Number examined	97	97	81	16
Number below −2 SD (acute malnutrition)	34	51	33	9
% below –2 SD	35.1	52.6	34.0	9.3
Number below −3 SD (severe malnutrition)	13	32	18	1
% below –3 SD	13.4	33.0	18.6	1.0
Overall number of malnourished preschoolers	34	51	33	9
Overall % of malnourished preschoolers	35.1	52.6	34.0	9.3

: recorded for children less than 5 years of age (0–60 months old)
: recorded for children above 5 years of age (60–72 months old).