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Table 8 Prevalence of SAM and MAM among school-age and adolescent suffering from anthropometric failure

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

Age group

Sex

MAM, %(n)

SAM, %(n)

Normal, %(n)

Total, N

Sex Difference

χ2-value

5–9

Girls

50 (20.1)

18 (7.3)

181 (73.0)

249

15.2***

Boys

93 (27.2)

51 (14.9)

198 (58.0)

342

10–14

Girls

166 (30.1)

78 (14.1)

308 (55.8)

552

61.8***

Boys

264 (35.2)

217 (28.9)

269 (35.9)

750

15–19

Girls

5 (20)

4 (16)

16 (64)

25

12.3**

Boys

7 (20)

20 (57)

8 (23)

35

5–19

Girls

221 (26.8)

100 (12.1)

505 (61.1)

826

82.5***

Boys

364 (32.3)

288 (25.6)

475 (42.2)

1127

Both

585 (30)

388 (19.9)

980 (50.2)

1953

  1. ***p < 0.0001, **p < 0.01
  2. SAM Severe Acute Malnutrition with Z-score < −3SD, MAM Moderate Acute Malnutrition with Z-score (−3SD and, −2SD] [11]