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Table 4 Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2021

From: Nutritional status and associated factors among children with congenital heart disease in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center,Addis Ababa Ethiopia

Variables

Underweight

(WAZ < -2)

(n = 332)

Wasting

(BAZ/WFH < -2)

(n = 373)

Stunting

(HAZ < -2)

(n = 373)

Sex

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

 Male

74 (45.7%)

88 (54.3%)

80 (43.7%)

103 (56.3%)

67 (36.6%)

116 (63.4%)

 Female

69 (40.6%)

101 (59.4%)

64 (33.7%)

126 (66.3%)

67 (35.3%)

123 (64.7%)

Age

 

 0–12 months

46 (60.5%)

30 (39.5%)

40 (52.6%)

36 (47.4%)

31 (40.8%)

45 (59.2%)

 13 months-5 years

56 (46.3%)

83 (59.7%)

45 (32.4%)

94 (67.6%)

50 (36%)

89 (64%)

 6–15 years

41 (35%)

76 (65%)

59 (37.3%)

99 (62.7%)

53 (39.6%)

105 (66.5%)

Type of CHD

 Acyanotic CHD

111 (42%)

153 (58%)

117 (39.3%)

181 (60.7%)

105 (35.2%)

193 (64.8%)

 Cyanotic CHD

15 (38.5%)

24 (61.5%)

12 (27.3%)

32 (72.7%)

18 (40.9%)

26 (59.1%)

 Acyanotic + cyanotic

17 (58.6%)

12 (41.4%)

16 (51.6%)

15 (48.4%)

11 (35.5%)

20 (64.5%)

 Cyanotic CHD * PAH(a)

4 (50%)

4 (50%)

3 (33.3%)

6 (66.7%)

5 (55.6%)

4 (44.4%)

 Acyanotic CHD* PAH(b)

63 (53.4%)

55 (46.6%)

59 (45.7%)

70 (54.3%)

55 (42.6%)

74 (57.4%)

  1. acyanotic congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypertension
  2. bacyanotic congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypertension