Table 3 Children 0–59 months classified according to their height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height from the Africa RISING project in northern Ghana in 2012
Characteristics | *Height-for-age (HAZ) [N = 496] | *Weight-for-age (WAZ) [N = 493] | *Weight-for-height (WHZ) [N = 499] | |||||||||
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<−3SD n (%) | <−2SD n (%) | ≥ − 2SD n (%) | Mean Z-score (95 % CI) | <−3SD n (%) | <−2SD n (%) | ≥ − 2SD n (%) | Mean Z-score (95 % CI) | <−3SD n (%) | <−2SD n (%) | ≥ − 2SD n (%) | Mean Z-score (95 % CI) | |
Sex | ||||||||||||
Male | 17 (6.5) | 49 (18.8) | 194 (74.6) | −1.19 (−0.35, 0.20) | 13 (5.0) | 31 (12.0) | 214 (82.9) | −1.07 (−0.19, 0.22) | 7 (2.7) | 16 (6.2) | 237 (91.2) | −0.52 (−0.11, 0.27) |
Female | 11 (4.7) | 58 (24.6) | 167 (70.8) | −1.12 (−0.35, 0.20) | 8 (3.4) | 35 (14.9) | 192 (81.7) | −1.08 (−0.19, 0.22) | 6 (2.5) | 12 (5.0) | 221 (92.5) | −0.60 (−0.11, 0.27) |
Age (months) | ||||||||||||
0−5 | 3 (5.7) | 4 (7.5) | 46 (86.8) | −0.32 (−1.08, 0.45) | 4 (7.5) | 6 (11.3) | 43 (81.1) | −0.87 (−1.36, −0.38) | 2 (3.8) | 6 (11.5) | 44 (84.6) | −0.63 (−11.04, −0.21) |
6−11 | 3 (5.6) | 4 (7.4) | 47 (87.0) | −0.43 (−0.93, 0.07) | 4 (7.4) | 7 (13.0) | 43 (79.6) | −1.23 (−1.59, −0.87) | 5 (9.3) | 7 (13.0) | 42 (77.8) | −1.25 (−1.56, −0.94) |
12−23 | 2 (2.7) | 18 (24.3) | 54 (73.0) | −1.33 (−1.59, −1.07) | 6 (8.1) | 12 (16.2) | 56 (75.7) | −1.34 (−1.58, −1.09) | 3 (4.1) | 6 (8.1) | 65 (87.8) | −0.94 (−1.17, −0.70) |
24−35 | 7 (6.1) | 32 (28.1) | 75 (65.8) | −1.45 (−1.67, −1.23) | 2 (1.6) | 16 (14.0) | 96 (84.2) | −1.06 (−1.25, −0.87) | 1 (0.6) | 6 (5.3) | 107 (93.9) | −0.39 (−0.57, −0.20) |
36−47 | 6 (6.1) | 25 (25.6) | 67 (63.4) | −1.33 (−1.57, −1.09) | 3 (3.1) | 11 (11.3) | 83 (85.6) | −0.94 (−1.15, −0.72) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 94 (96.9) | −0.26 (−0.46, −0.07) |
48−59 | 7 (6.8) | 24 (23.3) | 72 (69.9) | −1.36 (−1.58, −1.14) | 2 (2.0) | 14 (03.9) | 85 (84.2) | −1.05 (−1.23, −0.87) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.4) | 99 (98.0) | −0.36 (−0.52, −0.20) |
Region | ||||||||||||
Northern | 20 (10.0) | 64 (31.8) | 117 (58.2) | −1.41 (−1.68, −1.14) | 19 (9.5) | 34 (17.1) | 146 (73.4) | −1.38 (−1.57, −1.20) | 12 (5.9) | 15 (7.4) | 175 (86.6) | −0.78 (−0.95, −0.61) |
Upper West | 3 (2.0) | 20 (13.4) | 126 (84.6) | −0.85 (−1.06, −0.64) | 1 (0.8) | 14 (10.9) | 133 (103.9) | −0.72 (−0.89, −0.55) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (4.7) | 143 (95.3) | −0.31 (−0.46, −0.16) |
Upper East | 5 (3.4) | 23 (15.8) | 118 (80.8) | −1.13 (−1.31, −0.96) | 1 (0.7) | 18 (12.3) | 127 (87.0) | −1.01 (−1.15, −0.87) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (4.1) | 140 (95.2) | −0.50 (−0.66, −0.35) |
Total | 28 (5.6) | 107 (21.6) | 361 (72.8) | −1.16 ± 1.55 | 21 (4.3) | 66 (13.4) | 406 (82.4) | −1.08 ± 1.16 | 13 (2.6) | 28 (5.6) | 458 (91.8) | −0.56 ± 1.08 |