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Table 2 Sample characteristicsa

From: Assessment of blood levels of heavy metals including lead and manganese in healthy children living in the Katanga settlement of Kampala, Uganda

 

100

n

Age, monthsb

27.9 (15.1)

Sex, n (% M)

53 (53.0)

Height-for-age Z-scorec

−0.76 (1.8)

Stunted, n (%)c

23 (23.5)

Weight-for-height Zd

−0.33 (1.0)

Wasted, n (%)d

3 (3.1%)

Weight-for-age Z-scored

−0.73 (1.2)

Underweight, n (%)

15 (15)

Malaria-positive, n (%)

1 (1.0)

Highest attained education of mother or primary caregivere

 Never went to school

9 (9.1)

 Lower primary school

14 (14.1)

 Upper primary school

42 (42.4)

 O′ level secondary school

26 (26.3)

 A’ level secondary school

3 (3.0)

 Tertiary level

4 (4.0)

Household possessionse

 Radio, n (%)

33 (33.3)

 TV, n (%)

41 (41.4)

 Electricity, n (%)

57 (57.6)

  1. aCharacterstics of 100 Ugandan children living in an urban slum near Kampala who took part in a cross-sectional survey of blood levels of heavy metals in May 2016. bMean (sd); cn = 98; dn = 97; en = 9