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Table 7 Survey design adjusted estimates for thinness, stunting, underweight and anemia among school children aging 5 to 10 years in North Central province, Sri Lanka

From: Nutritional status among primary school children in rural Sri Lanka; a public health challenge for a country with high child health standards

 

Adjusted Prevalence

Linearized Std. Err.

95% Conf. Intervals

Thinness

 Severe thinness

8.60

0.94

6.91

10.66

 Thinness

20.91

0.74

19.48

22.40

 Normal BMI

65.11

1.31

62.46

67.67

 Overweight

2.95

0.26

2.47

3.52

 Obese

2.44

0.92

1.15

5.10

Stunting

 No stunting

56.08

1.23

53.62

58.51

 Stunting

30.32

0.83

28.69

32.01

 Severe stunting

13.60

0.93

11.86

15.55

Underweight

 No underweight

74.07

0.96

72.11

75.93

 Underweight

25.93

0.96

24.07

27.89

Anemia

 Non-anemic

83.09

0.69

81.68

84.41

 Mild

9.33

0.49

8.39

10.36

 Moderate

7.56

0.46

6.69

8.53

 Severe

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.14