From: Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study
IDUs and non-DUs in Coastal Kenya between 2012–2013 | |||||
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All participants | Drug Use Status | ||||
Variables | Â | Non- DUs | Non-IDUs | IDUs | p-value |
(N = 752) | (N = 306) | (N = 75) | (N = 371) | ||
Body Mass Index (BMI) | |||||
< 18.5 | 263 (35) | 69 (23) | 25 (33) | 169 (46) | < 0.001 |
 18.5 to 24.9 | 420 (56) | 180 (59) | 40 (53) | 200 (54) |  |
 ≥ 25 | 69 (9.2) | 57 (19) | 10 (13) | 2 (0.5) |  |
MUAC* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Underweight | 130 (17) | 35 (11) | 15 (20) | 80 (22) | < 0.001 |
 Normal | 391 (52) | 103 (34) | 27 (36) | 261 (70) |  |
 Overweight/obese | 231 (31) | 168 (55) | 33 (44) | 30 (8.1) |  |
Waist circumference# | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Normal | 568 (76) | 160 (52) | 51 (68) | 357 (76) | < 0.001 |
 Overweight | 184 (24) | 146 (48) | 24 (32) | 14 (3.8) |  |
Waist-for-hip ratio$ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Low | 467 (62) | 143 (47) | 50 (67) | 274 (74) | < 0.001 |
 Moderate | 123 (16) | 58 (19) | 8 (11) | 57 (15) | |
 High | 162 (22) | 105 (34) | 17 (23) | 40 (11) | |
Anaemia¶ |  |  |  |  |  |
 None | 379 (50) | 174 (57) | 43 (57) | 162 (44) | 0.001 |
 Mild/moderate | 352 (47) | 122 (40) | 28 (37) | 202 (54) | |
 Severe | 21 (2.8) | 10 (3.3) | 4 (5.3) | 7 (1.9) |