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Table 4 Health parameters, by sex and place of residence

From: Dietary diversity in primary schoolchildren of south-central Côte d’Ivoire and risk factors for non-communicable diseases

Category

Total

Female

Male

 

Taabo-Cité

Taabo-Village

 
 

N

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

 

620

330 (53.2)

290 (46.8)

 

530 (85.5)

90 (14.5)

 

Weight status

Underweight < 5th

31

20 (6.1)

11 (3.8)

0.285

26 (4.9)

5 (5.6)

0.213

Normal weight [5th ; 85th [

496

257 (77.9)

239 (82.4)

 

419 (79.1)

77 (85.6)

 

Overweight [85th ; 95th [

93

53 (16.1)

40 (13.8)

 

85 (16.0)

8 (8.9)

 

Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol

Normal (< 2.8 mmol/l)

567

297 (90.0)

270 (93.1)

0.217

483 (91.1)

84 (93.3)

0.626

Abnormal (≥ 2.8 mmol/l)

53

33 (10.0)

20 (6.9)

 

47 (8.9)

6 (6.7)

 

High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol

Abnormally low (< 1.027 mmol/l)

324

168 (50.9)

156 (53.8)

0.524

264 (49.8)

60 (66.7)

0.004*

Normal (≥ 1.027 mmol/l)

296

162 (49.1)

134 (46.2)

 

266 (50.2)

30 (33.3)

 

Glycated haemoglobin

Normal (< 5.7%)

596

321 (97.3)

275 (94.8)

0.172

507 (95.7)

89 (98.9)

0.241

Prediabetic (5.7 to 6.5%)

24

9 (2.7)

15 (5.2)

 

23 (4.3)

1 (1.1)

 

Haemoglobin

No

353

200 (60.6)

153 (52.8)

0.048*

310 (58.5)

43 (47.8)

0.161

Mild anaemia

115

59 (17.9)

56 (19.3)

 

92 (17.4)

23 (25.6)

 

Moderate aanemia

149

68 (20.6)

81 (27.9)

 

125 (23.6)

24 (26.7)

 

Severe anaemia

3

3 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

 

3 (0.6)

0 (0.0)

 

Malaria

Not infected

307

162 (49.1)

145 (50.0)

0.884

272 (51.3)

35 (38.9)

0.039*

Infected

313

168 (50.9)

145 (50.0)

 

258 (48.7)

55 (61.1)

 
  1. * p < 0.05: Statistically significant