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Table 3 Prevalence nutritional status according to age and sex

From: Nutritional status of school children living in Northern part of Sri Lanka

Age

No

Height for age

BMI for Age

Stunting

Wasting

Normal

Overweight

Obese a, b

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

   

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

Ν

%

6

20

21

2

10.0

2

9.5

07

35.0

13

62.0

12

60.0

7

33.3

1

5.0

1

4.7

0

0

0

0

7

17

17

2

11.7

3

17.6

07

41.2

8

47.0

09

53.0

6

35.3

0

0

2

11.8

1

5.9

1

5.9

8

30

31

1

3.3

1

3.2

09

30.0

10

32.3

17

56.7

19

61.3

2

6.7

1

3.2

2

6.7

1

3.2

9

40

42

5

12.5

7

16.7

10

25.0

13

31.0

22

55.0

25

59.5

4

10.0

3

7.1

4

10.0

1

2.4

10

47

49

6

12.8

6

12.2

14

29.8

12

24.5

23

49.0

31

63.3

5

10.6

5

10.2

5

10.6

1

2.0

11

72

76

1

1.4

4

5.3

26

36.1

20

26.3

34

47.2

46

60.5

8

11.1

8

10.5

4

5.5

2

2.6

12

75

78

9

12.0

6

2.6.0

27

36.0

22

28.2

37

49.3

47

60.3

7

9.3

7

9.0

4

5.3

2

2.6

13

74

76

10

13.5

10

13.1

20

27.0

21

27.6

35

47.3

42

55.3

8

10.8

10

13.2

11

14.9

3

3.9

14

50

52

8

16.0

5

9.6

15

30.0

13

25.0

23

46.0

28

53.8

7

14.0

9

17.3

5

10.0

2

3.8

15

43

45

5

11.6

11

24.4

11

25.6

11

24.4

22

51.1

24

53.3

6

13.9

7

15.5

4

9.3

3

6.6

16

28

29

5

17.9

6

20.7

06

21.4

7

24.1

11

39.3

14

48.3

8

28.6

3

10.3

3

10.7

5

17.2

Τοτ

496

516

54

10.9

61

11.8

152

30.6

150

29.1

245

49.4

289

56.0

56

11.3

56

10.7

43

8.7

21

4.1

  1. aBoys were significantly obese than girls X2(11012)=9.03 p < 0.002
  2. bOlder Boys (> 10 years) were significantly obese than younger boys (< 10 years) X2(1496)=4.79 p< 0.02