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Table 2 Prevalence of stunting, underweight, overweight, and obesity in boys (N = 176) and girls (N = 113) in the Lalitpur district, Nepal, who participated in the study during spring 2014. P values indicate the significance levels from Fisher’s Exact Test

From: Association between socioeconomic status of mothers, food security, food safety practices and the double burden of malnutrition in the Lalitpur district, Nepal

 

Boys (n)

Girls (n)

Relative boys (%)

Relative girls (%)

P value

Moderately stunteda

39

11

22.2

9.7

<0.001

Severely stuntedb

13

11

7.4

9.7

0.526

Moderately underweightc

19

5

10.8

4.4

0.004

Severely underweightd

4

2

2.3

1.8

1.000

Overweighte

8

5

4.5

4.4

0.950

Obesef

2

4

1.1

3.5

0.220

  1. a: HAZ < −2 and ≥ −3 standard deviation units (SDs or Z scores) below the median. b: HAZ < −3 SDs below the median. c: WAZ < −2 and ≥ −3 SDs below the median; d: WAZ < −3 SDs below the median; e: BAZ > 2 SD but ≤3 SDs above the median; f: BAZ > 3 SDs above the median
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