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Table 2 BMI classification by sex presented per ecozone

From: Soil transmitted helminth infection in primary school children varies with ecozone in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

 

LEEa

N = 175

HEE

N = 164

Overall

N = 339

No

%

No

%

No

%

Maleb

N = 96

N = 93

N = 189

 Severe thinnessc

1

1

0

0

1

0.5

 Thinness

9

9.4

10

10.8

19

10.1

 Normal

86

89.6

83

89.2

169

89.4

Female

N = 79

N = 71

N = 150

 Severe thinness

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Thinness

6

7.6

0

0

6

4.0

 Normal

73

92.4

71

100

144

96.0

  1. aFisher exact P value between ecozones P = 0.005
  2. bFisher exact P value between sex P = 0.029
  3. cBased on WHO definitions [37]
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