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Table 2 Nutritional status of study children aged 6–59 months in Boricha Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 622)

From: The high prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections is associated with stunting among children aged 6–59 months in Boricha Woreda, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

N (%)

Height for age

 Below −3 SD (Severe)

21 (3.4)

 Below −2 SD (Stunted)

223 (35.9)

Weight for age

 Below −3 SD (severe)

11 (1.8)

 Below −2 SD (Under-weight)

138 (22.2)

Weight for height

 Below −3 SD (Severe)

13 (2.1)

 Below −2 SD (Wasting)

59 (9.5)

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