Nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in the Brazilian Western Amazon before and after the Interoceanic highway paving: a population-based study

Table 5 Prevalence (%) of anthropometric indicators of children under 5 years

	2003		2010
	(n = 199)		(n = 378)
Indicators	n	%	n	%	p-value*
*Low height-for-age (stunting)*
No	185	93.0%	332	87.8%	0.055
Yes	14	7.0%	46	12.2%	0.055
*High weight-for-height (overweight)*
No	197	99.0%	353	93.4%	0.002'
Yes	2	1.0%	25	6.6%

Assis Brasil, AC, 2003 and 2010.
*p-values without a mark ( ): Pearson’s chi-square test; with a mark ( ' ): Fisher's exact test.

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