| Nutritional status by sex (Z score ≤-2.00) |
Sex |
Orphanage children |
| n |
% |
Total n (%) |
Statistics |
| Stunting |
Boys (n=104) |
54 |
26.0 |
98 (47.2%) |
t=1.40, df=205.5, p=0.918 |
| Girls (n=104) |
44 |
21.2 |
| Underweight |
Boys (n=104) |
33 |
15.9 |
69 (33.2%) |
t=0.442, df= 205.4, p=0.329 |
| Girls (n=104) |
36 |
17.3 |
| Wasting |
Boys (n=104) |
10 |
4.8 |
19 (9.2%) |
t=0.240, df=205, p=0.595 |
| Girls (n=104) |
9 |
4.3 |
|
