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Table 3 Prevalence of diarrhea and malnutrition by age and sex of under-five children in Jatinegara sub-district, East Jakarta

From: Association of food-hygiene practices and diarrhea prevalence among Indonesian young children from low socioeconomic urban areas

Variables

n

Diarrhea prevalence (%)a

Undernutrition prevalence (%)

Stunted (HAZ < -2)

Underweight (WAZ < -2)

Wasted (WHZ < -2)

Area of living

    

Flooding

168

10.1

36.3

26.8

9.5

  Non flooding

106

10.4

25.5

17.9

9.5

Age group (months)

   

  12 – 23

93

17.2*

32.3

19.4

11.8

  24 – 35

71

8.5

32.4

25.4

8.6

  36 – 47

65

6.2

33.8

24.6

6.2

  48 – 59

45

4.4

28.9

26.7

11.1

  All ages

274

10.2

32.1

23.4

9.5

Gender

     

  Boy

151

9.9

35.8

25.2

11.9

  Girl

123

10.6

27.6

21.1

6.6

  1. HAZ, height-for-age z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age z-score; and WHZ, weight-for-height z-score.
  2. aWeekly point prevalence, assessed from a 7-day records.
  3. *Significantly different between ages, p < 0.05, X 2 test.