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%) | Â | Â |