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Table 3 Composite index anthropometric failure among school-age children and adolescents involved in school feeding program, Addis Ababa, Public Primary Schools

From: Use of modified composite index of anthropometric failure and MUAC-for-age to assess prevalence of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents involved in the school feeding program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Modified CIAF

Girls

Boys

Overall

5–19 years

5–9 years

10–14 years

15–19 years

5–19 years

5–9 years

10–14 years

15–19 years

5–19 years

n

n

N

(%)

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

A

Without anthropometric failure

1253 (60.3)

67.2

55.9

62.7

1294 (53.5)

59.5

50.3

48.5

2547 (56.6)

B

Thinness only

196 (9.4)

6.8

11.3

4.5

306 (12.6)

7.2

15.7

13.2

502 (11.2)

C

Thinness and Underweight

48 (2.3)

6.3

74 (3.1)

8.8

122 (2.7)

D

Stunting, Thinness, and Underweight

68 (3.3)

1.5

4.4

3.0

136 (5.6)

2.3

7.3

10.3

204 (4.5)

E

Stunting and Underweight

22 (1.1)

2.9

57 (2.4)

6.8

79 (1.8)

F

Stunting only

271 (13.1)

4.3

18.3

13.4

343 (14.2)

3.9

19.6

22.1

614 (13.7)

G

Excess weight (overweight and obese)

122 (5.9)

7.1

4.9

10.5

118 (4.9)

6.3

4.2

2.9

240 (5.3)

H

Stunting and excess weight

88 (4.2)

2.4

5.3

6.0

68 (2.8)

2.4

3.1

2.9

156 (3.5)

Y

Underweight only

11 (0.5)

1.5

25 (1)

3.0

36 (0.8)

Total N (%)

2079 (100)

760 (100)

1252 (100)

67 (100)

2421 (100)

845 (100)

1508 (100)

68 (100)

4500 (100)

 

mCIAF

N

826 (39.7)

249

552

25

1127 (46.6)

342

750

35

1953 (43.4)

%

32.8

44.1

37.3

40.5

49.7

51.5