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Table 3 Correlation of nutritional status with age of the children

From: Changes in nutritional status of children who lived in temporary shelters in Bhaktapur municipality after the 2015 Nepal earthquake

Z scores

First survey

Follow-up survey

Spearman’s rho

P value

Spearman’s rho

P value

Wasting (WHZ)

 All

− 0.039

0.33

− 0.188

< 0.01

 Male

− 0.018

0.73

− 0.226

< 0.01

 Female

− 0.074

0.23

− 0.140

0.13

Underweight (WAZ)

 All

− 0.064

0.11

− 0.255

< 0.01

 Male

− 0.015

0.77

− 0.218

< 0.01

 Female

− 0.121

0.05

− 0.304

< 0.01

Stunting (HAZ)

 All

− 0.001

0.96

− 0.096

0.10

 Male

0.046

0.39

− 0.019

0.80

 Female

− 0.063

0.30

− 0.198

0.03

  1. Correlations of z-scores of weight-for-height (WHZ), weight-for-age (WAZ), and height-for-age (HAZ) with age of the children living in temporary shelters immediately after the 2015 Nepal earthquake (first survey) and at the follow-up after 2 years (follow-up survey) in Bhaktapur Municipality, Nepal
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Tropical Medicine and Health

ISSN: 1349-4147

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