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Table 1 Anthropometric and anaemia status of infants, preschool-aged (PSAC), and school-aged children (SAC) from the Bagamoyo district, United Republic of Tanzania, calculated in line with guidelines and thresholds provided by the World Health Organization [48]-[50]

From: Enterobiasis and strongyloidiasis and associated co-infections and morbidity markers in infants, preschool- and school-aged children from rural coastal Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

 

Age group

 

Infants

PSAC

SAC

Anthropometric aspects

Total

n

%

Total

n

%

Total

n

%

Mid- upper arm circumference

225

  

336

     

Normal

 

222

98.7

 

335

99.7

   

Moderately wasted

 

3

1.3

 

1

0.3

   

Severely wasted

 

0

0

 

0

0

   

Weight- for- height

223

  

333

     

Normal

 

218

97.8

 

325

97.6

   

Moderate underweight

 

2

0.9

 

7

2.1

   

Severe underweight

 

3

1.3

 

1

0.3

   

Body- mass- index- for -age

      

467

  

Normal

       

452

96.8

Moderate thinness

       

10

2.1

Severe thinness

       

5

1.1

Height- for- age

      

467

  

Normal

       

380

81.4

Moderate stunting

       

68

14.6

Severe stunting

       

19

4.1

Anaemia

221

  

334

  

471

  

Normal

 

32

14.5

 

176

52.7

 

256

54.4

Mild anaemia

 

74

33.5

 

108

32.3

 

81

17.2

Moderate anaemia

 

106

48.0

 

47

14.1

 

127

27.0

Severe anaemia

 

9

4.1

 

3

0.9

 

7

1.5