Table 1 Age and Sex distribution of weight-for-height categories of 371 children attending PML Children’s Hospital in Accra, Ghana
Nutritional status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malnourished | Well-nourished | |||
N = 182 | N = 189 | |||
n, % | n, % | p-value | ||
Age | ||||
6-9 months | 56 (30.8) | 55 (29.1) | 0.726 | |
10-11 months | 38 (20.9) | 27 (14.3) | 0.095 | |
12-24 months | 80 (43.9) | 82 (43.4) | 0.912 | |
25-59 months | 8 (4.4) | 25 (13.2) | 0.003 | |
Gender | ||||
Male | 86 (47.3) | 90 (47.6) | 0.944 | |
Female | 96 (52.7) | 99 (52.4) | 0.944 | |