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Table 2 Prevalence of underweight, wasting and stunting by age category and group

From: Midday meals as an early childhood nutrition intervention: evidence from plantation communities in Sri Lanka

 

Overall [Prop (95% CI)]

Treatment [Mean (95% CI)]

Control [Mean (95% CI)]

 

0–6 mon

7–60 mon

0–6 mon

7–60 mon

0–6 mon

7–60 mon

underweight

23.2% (21.0%, 25.0%)

38.0% (37.3%, 38.8%)

29.2% (26.3%, 32.3%)

39.1% (38.2%, 40.0%)

12.3% (9.5%, 15.5%)

35.6% (34.2%, 36.9%)

N

1422

15,792

917

10,917

505

4875

wasting

3.8% (0.8%, 10.7%)

15.0% (14.2%, 15.8%)

11.1% (0.3%, 48.2%)

14.3% (13.8%, 15.6%)

2.9% (0.3%, 9.9%)

15.9% (14.3%, 17.7%)

Na

79

7704

9

5930

70

1774

stunting

46.8% (36.4%, 57.4%)

50.1% (49.1%, 51.1%)

33.3% (7.5%, 70.1%)

47.3% (46.2%, 48.4%)

48.2% (37.3%, 59.3%)

58.1% (56.2%, 60.0%)

Na

94

10,215

9

7572

85

2643

  1. aSample size for wasting and stunting in the 0–6 month age category is small due to the limited number of height/length records available for children in this age group and used in models