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

Table 6

Nutritional indices (-score) of the surveyed preschool aged children by sex and age category.

	Nutritional Indices
	Height-for-age (stunting)	Weight-for-age (underweight)	Weight-for-height (wasting)	BMI-for-age (thinness)
Number examined	97	97	81	16
Sex
Male	19 (19.6%)	30 (30.9%)	18 (18.6%)	5 (5.2%)
Female	15 (15.1%)	21 (21.6%)	15 (15.5%)	4 (4.1%)
Total	34 (35.1%)	51 (52.6%)	33 (34.0%)	9 (9.3%)
value	0.857	0.383	0.169	0.042
Age
0–60 months	26 (26.8%)	41 (42.3%)	33 (34.0%)	0 (0%)
60–72 months	8 (8.2%)	10 (10.3%)	0 (0%)	9 (9.3%)
Total	34 (35.1%)	51 (52.6%)	33 (34.0%)	9 (9.3%)
value	0.170	0.384	0.000	0.000

: 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).