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Table 1 Background characteristics of 1609 6–23 months old children with moderate acute malnutrition

From: Children with moderate acute malnutrition have inflammation not explained by maternal reports of illness and clinical symptoms: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso

Sex, % female (n)

54.6 (879)

Age, months mean (SD)

12.3 (4.8)

Inclusion category, % (n)

 Low mid-upper-arm circumference only

29 (468)

 Low weight-for-height z-score and low mid-upper arm circumference

50 (804)

 Low weight-for-height z-score only

21 (337)

Height-for-age z-score < -2, % (n)

37.7 (607)

Mother’s education levela, % (n)

 None

85.5 (1374)

 Primary incomplete

7.9 (127)

 Primary complete or higher

6.3 (102)

Mother’s professiona, % (n)

 Agriculture

94.3 (1516)

 Animal farming

1.6 (25)

 Other

4.1 (67)

Mother’s ethnic groupa, % (n)

 Mossi

94.1 (1512)

 Peulh/Fulani

2.3 (37)

 Other

3.6 (58)

Household size, median (interquartile range)

10 (7–16)

Number of children under 5 y in the household, median (interquartile range)

2 (2–4)

  1. aMissing data: ethnic group (n = 1), education level (n = 5), profession (n = 2)