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Table 3 Prevalence and comparison of nutritional status between boy and girl

From: Acute malnutrition and its determinants of preschool children in Bangladesh: gender differentiation

Type of nutritional status

N (%)

Boy, N (%)

Girl, N (%)

Z-proportional test value

p-value

MUAC< 115 mm (SAM) (severe acute malnutrition)

12 (2.2)

4 (1.5%)

8 (3.0%)

0.1569

0.8728

115 < MUAC ≤125 mm (MAM) (moderate acute malnutrition)

35 (6.5)

12 (4.4%)

23 (8.6%)

1.9827

0.0477

Acute malnutrition (SAM + MAM)

47 (8.7)

16 (5.9%)

31 (11.6)

2.3475

0.0188

> 125 mm (Normal)

493 (91.3)

257 (94.1%)

236 (88.4%)

2.4869

0 .0127

Total

540

273 (50.6%)

267 (49.4%)

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