Nutritional status and dietary diversity of school-age children living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics and health status of the study population (Total n = 298)

Characteristics	Overall (n = 298)		Stunted (n = 139)		Not stunted (n = 159)		p-value	Wasted (n = 39)		Not wasted (n = 259)		p-value
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value	n	%	n	%	p-value
Age
6–10	101	33.9	41	29.5	60	37.7	0.317	11	28.2	90	34.7	0.684
11–12	90	30.2	44	31.7	46	28.9		12	30.8	78	30.1
13–15	107	35.9	54	38.8	53	33.3		16	41.0	91	35.1
Sex (Male)	152	51.0	72	51.8	80	50.3	0.798	32	82.1	120	46.3	< 0.001
Education (None/drop out)	13	4.4	4	2.9	9	5.7	0.271	0	0.0	13	5.0	–
Wealth tirtiles
Low	98	32.9	53	38.1	45	28.3	0.179	15	38.5	83	32.0	0.491
Middle	99	33.2	41	29.5	58	36.5		14	35.9	85	32.8
High	101	33.9	45	32.4	56	35.2		10	25.6	91	35.1
Viral load (detected)	90	30.2	46	33.1	44	27.7	0.309	13	33.3	77	29.7	0.648
Length of ART tirtiles
3–62 months	102	34.2	53	38.1	49	30.8	0.255	12	30.8	90	34.7	0.856
63–104	97	32.6	46	33.1	51	32.1		14	35.9	83	32.0
105–191	99	33.2	40	28.8	59	37.1		13	33.3	86	33.2
History of disease (clinical record past one year)	237	79.5	117	84.2	22	13.8	0.063	30	76.9	207	79.9	0.665
QoL tirtiles
Low	103	34.6	45	45.5	58	36.5	0.613	12	30.8	91	35.1	0.326
Middle	96	32.2	44	44.4	52	32.7		10	25.6	86	33.2
High	99	33.2	50	50.5	49	30.8		17	43.6	82	31.7
Oral Health QoL tirtiles
Low	105	35.2	51	51.5	54	34.0	0.434	13	33.3	92	35.5	0.199
Middle	88	29.5	36	36.4	52	32.7		16	41.0	72	27.8
High	105	35.2	52	52.5	53	33.3		10	25.6	95	36.7
Dietary diversity
0–4 groups	133	44.6	60	43.2	73	45.9	0.226	21	53.8	112	43.2	1.540
5–7 groups	165	55.4	79	56.8	86	54.1		18	46.2	147	56.8

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