Table 2 Prevalence of malnutrition among the 1350 HIV-infected children of the study population according to age groups
Malnutrition degree†, n, %, (IC95%) | Age group in years (p-value <0.001*) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[2–5] | [5–10] | [10–19] | Total | |||||||||
(n = 161) | (n = 505) | (n = 684) | (n = 1350) | |||||||||
Acute malnutrition | 10 | 6 | (0;14) | 44 | 9 | (4;13) | 69 | 10 | (6;14) | 123 | 9 | (6;12) |
Chronic malnutrition | 59 | 37 | (30;43) | 122 | 24 | (20;28) | 163 | 24 | (20;27) | 344 | 26 | (23;28) |
Mixed malnutrition | 13 | 8 | (0;13) | 17 | 3 | (0;8) | 70 | 10 | (7;14) | 100 | 7 | (5;10) |