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Table 2 Distribution of children according to height-for-age and BMI-for-age

From: High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

Boys (N = 180)

Girls (N = 222)

Total (N = 402)

   

95% CI

  

95% CI

  

95% CI

 

%

SE

Lower

Upper

%

SE

Lower

Upper

%

SE

Lower

Upper

Height-for-age

            

Normal

95.6

1.54

92.52

98.60

97.3

1.09

95.15

99.45

96.5

0.92

94.72

98.32

Stunted

4.4

1.54

1.40

7.48

2.7

1.09

0.55

4.85

3.5

0.92

1.68

5.28

BMI-for-age

            

Severe thinness

2.8

1.23

0.35

5.20

0.5

0.45

0.44

1.34

1.5

0.61

0.30

2.68

Thinness

6.1

1.79

2.58

9.64

6.3

1.64

3.08

9.53

6.2

1.21

3.85

8.59

Normal

48.9

3.74

41.52

56.26

65.3

3.20

59.01

71.63

58.0

2.47

53.11

62.81

Overweight

17.2

2.82

11.65

22.79

18.5

2.61

13.32

23.61

17.9

1.91

14.15

21.67

Obese

25.0

3.24

18.61

31.39

9.5

1.97

5.58

13.34

16.4

1.85

12.78

20.05

  1. Height-for-age vs sex of the children: χ2 = 0.897, df = 1, p = 0.344 (Monte Carlo)
  2. BMI-for-age vs sex of the children: χ2 = 22.949, df = 4, p < 0.001 (Monte Carlo)
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