Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the study population
Measurement | Boys | Girls | Total | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Â | |
Age (years) | 11.1 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 0.942 |
Weight (Kg) | 32.8 | 5.8 | 36.9 | 8.1 | 66.0 | 34.9 | < 0.001 |
Height (cm) | 140.5 | 7.0 | 144.2 | 8.4 | 163.2 | 142.4 | < 0.001 |
BMI-for –age z-score | −0.43 | 0.9 | −0.05 | 0.94 | − 0.24 | 0.99 | < 0.001 |
Height-for-age z-score | −0.51 | 1.0 | −0.17 | 1.0 | −0.33 | 1.1 | 0.001 |
MUAC (cm) | 20.7 | 7.3 | 22.0 | 3.2 | 21.4 | 5.7 | 0.021 |