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Table 3 The Z-score and prevalence of children under nutrition stratified by household food insecurity

From: Household food insecurity and its association with nutritional status of under five children in Sekela District, Western Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Indicator All Secure Insecure
Mean ± SD HAZ- score −1.51 ± 1.52 −1.31 ± 1.43 −1.58 ± 1.54
Stunted 36.9 31.3 38.9
 Moderate(HAZ-score < −2SD and ≥ −3SD) 27.4 25.7 28.0
 Severe(HAZ-score < −3SD) 9.5 5.6 10.9
Mean + SD WAZ- score −1.12 ± 1.23 −0.88 ± 1.10 −1.21 ± 1.26
Underweight(%yes) 19.8 11.8 22.6**
 Moderate(WAZ-score < −2SD and ≥ −3SD) 14.1 7.6 16.3
 Severe(WAZ-score < −3SD) 5.8 4.2 6.3
Mean + SD WHZ- score −0.4 ± 1.50 −0.22 ± 1.30 −0.45 ± 1.56
Wasting(%yes) 11.5 7.6 12.9
 Moderate(WHZ-score < −2SD and ≥ −3SD) 8.1 6.3 8.8
 Severe(WHZ-score < −3SD) 3.4 1.3 4.1
  1. ** p < 0.01 the difference between food secure and insecure households