Skip to main content

Table 2 Comparison of children’s variables by age categories

From: The double burden of malnutrition in a rural health and demographic surveillance system site in South Africa: a study of primary schoolchildren and their mothers

Variables

All N = 508

Median(IQR)

6 - 9 years N = 254

Median(IQR)

10 - 15 years N = 254

Median(IQR)

P-Value

Age (years)

9.6 (8; 11)

7.7 (7; 9)

11.5 (10; 13)

≤ 0.0001*

Weight (kg)

31.1 (22.7; 36)

24.8 (20.6; 26.8)

37.3 (30.1; 43.8)

≤ 0.0001*

Height (cm)

135.5 (124; 145,2)

125.9 (119; 131)

145,1(137.4; 152)

≤ 0.0001*

MUAC (cm)

176.5 (155;190)

176.9 (155; 190)

176.5 (155; 190)

0.57

BMI (kg/cm2)

16.5 (14.6; 17.6)

15.5 (14.2; 16;2)

17.5 (15.4; 18,7)

≤0.0001*

BMIZ

−0.4 (− 1.0; 0.4)

−0.4 (− 1.0; 0.3)

−0.4 (− 1.0; 0.5)

0.47

  1. * indicates significance