A 2-month intervention study of preventive clothing against mosquito bites among malnourished and well-nourished children under 5 years of age living on the Atlantic Ocean Coast of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria

Table 2 Anthropometric indices of study children at baseline

Variable	Sub variable	< 60 months old												t	P-value	χ²	P-value	OR	95% CI
		All				Male				Female
		n = 102				n = 45 (44.1%)				n = 57 (55.9%)
		Mean	± sd	Freq.	%	Mean	± sd	Freq.	%	Mean	± sd	Freq.	%
WAZ-score	All	− 1.31	1.3	102	100.0	− 1.24	1.30	45	44.1	− 1.36	1.4	57	55.9	0.44	0.33	–
	< − 2.0	− 2.83	0.6	33	32.3	− 2.82	0.5	13	28.9	− 2.83	0.6	20	35.1	0.05	0.48	0.44	0.51	1.33	0.57, 3.09
	− 2.0 to − 2.0	− 0.61	0.8	68	66.7	− 0.57	0.8	32	71.1	− 0.65	0.8	36	63.2	0.41	0.34	0.70	0.40	0.70	0.30, 1.61
	> 2.0	2.22	0.0	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	2.22	0.0	1	1.7	–	–	0.00	1.00	Undefined	Undefined
HAZ-score	All	− 1.99	1.5	102	100.0	− 2.13	1.4	45	43.0	− 1.89	1.6	57	57.0	0.80	0.21	–
	< − 2	− 3.07	0.8	56	54.9	− 3.21	0.7	24	53.3	− 2.97	0.8	32	56.1	− 1.19	0.12	8.46	0.003	3.38	1.47, 7.78
	− 2.0 to − 2.0	− 0.71	0.9	45	44.1	− 0.82	0.8	21	46.7	− 0.63	1.0	24	42.1	− 0.71	0.24	0.21	0.65	0.83	0.37, 1.83
	> 2.0	2.19	0.0	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	2.19	0.0	1	1.8	–	–	0.00	1.00	Undefined	Undefined
WHZ-score	All	− 0.13	1.5	102	100.0	− 0.02	1.5	45	43.0	− 0.21	1.4	57	57.0	0.65	0.26	–
	≤ − 2	− 3.07	0.7	8	7.8	− 2.84	0.6	3	6.7	− 3.20	0.7	5	8.8	0.77	0.23	0.15	0.69	1.35	0.30, 5.96
	− 2.0 to − 2.0	− 0.14	1.0	84	82.4	− 0.23	1.0	35	77.8	− 0.07	1.0	49	86.0	− 0.72	0.24	1.15	0.28	1.75	0.63, 4.88
	> 2.0	2.33	0.4	10	9.8	2.29	0.5	7	15.5	2.42	0.4	3	5.2	− 0.44	0.34	2.98	0.08	0.30	0.07, 1.24

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