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Table 2 Anthropometric assessment of students by gender at primary school of Hawa Gelan District, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia, 2016, (N = 630)

From: Predictors of academic performance with due focus on undernutrition among students attending primary schools of Hawa Gelan district, Southwest Ethiopia: a school based cross sectional study

Variables

Male

Female

P-Value

Age in years

12.1 ± 2

12.3 ± 2

0.681

Weight in Kg

36.12 ± 6.92

34.38 ± 9.0

0.057

Height in cm

146.4 ± 12.3

146.2 ± 12.6

0.224

BMI in Kg/m2

16.9 ± 1.6

16.1 ± 1.8

0.052

Weight-for-age (WAZ)

−2.3 ± 1.2

−2.2 ± 1.3

<0.001

Height-for-age (HAZ)

−1.6 ± 1.0

−1.5 ± 1.0

0.043

Weight-for-height (WHZ)

−1.4 ± 1.1

−1.4 ± 1.2

0.082

  1. WAZ Weight for Age Z-score, HAZ Height for Age Z-score, WHZ Weight for height Z-score