Malnutrition and associated factors in children: a comparative study between public and private schools in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

BMC Nutrition

Table 2 Anthropometry of study participants attending public and private schools

Variables	Public schools n = 417 (Mean ± SD) or n/N(%)	Private schools n = 216 (Mean ± SD) or n/N(%)	P-value
Weight (kg)	24.9 ± 7.5	25.8 ± 7.9	0.1414^a
Height (cm)	125.4 ± 14.4	127.4 ± 14.2	0.9905^a
WAZ	−0.82 ± 1.0	−0.35 ± 1.0	<0.0001^a
HAZ	−0.58 ± 1.0	0.10 ± 1.1	<0.0001^a
MUAC Z-scores	−0.7 ± 1.0	−0.70 ± 0.8	0.9924^a
BMI-for-age Z-scores	−0.53 ± 1.0	−0.47 ± 0.84	0.3995^a
Underweight	55/417 (13.2)	4/216 (1.85)	<0.0001^b
Stunting	49/417 (11.6)	5/216 (2.8)	<0.0001^b
Thinness	33/417 (7.9)	3/216 (1.4)	0.001^b
Overweight	12/417 (2.9)	20/216 (9.3)	0.008^x