Nutritional status and dietary diversity of orphan and non – orphan children under five years: a comparative study in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana

Table 4 Comparison of mean anthropometric z- scores and dietary diversity scores of children

Indicator	N	Mean	SD	F	p - value
Height –for –age z- score (HAZ)
Non- orphan	123	−1.0498	0.863	2.937	0.522
Orphan	123	−0.9731	1.010	2.937	0.522
Weight- for- height z- score (WHZ)
Non -orphan	123	−0.857	0.598	5.94	0.272
Orphan	123	−0.756	0.823	5.94	0.272
Weight- for –age z – score (WAZ)
Non- orphan	123	−1.203	0.610	5.37	0.122
Orphan	123	−1.062	0.807	5.37	0.122
Dietary diversity score (dds)
Non- orphan	104	4.375	1.345	45.29	< 0.001
Orphan	117	6.077	0.745	45.29	< 0.001