Table 2: Health and nutritional status of
schoolchildren.
|
Variables |
Frequency |
Percentage |
|
Malaria
parasitemia |
||
|
Negative |
67 |
36.8 |
|
Positive |
115 |
63.2 |
|
Hemoglobin level |
||
|
No anemia |
120 |
65.9 |
|
Anemia |
62 |
34.1 |
|
Electrophoresis of hemoglobin |
||
|
Hb AA |
134 |
73.6 |
|
Hb AS/AC |
44 |
24.2 |
|
Hb SS/SC |
04 |
2.2 |
|
Intestinal parasitosis |
||
|
Parasitosis (Ascaris) |
01 |
0.6 |
|
No parasitosis |
181 |
99.4 |
|
BMI for age |
||
|
Normal |
149 |
81.9 |
|
Emaciation |
24 |
13.2 |
|
Overweight/Obesity |
9 |
04.9 |
|
Height for age |
||
|
Normal |
171 |
93.9 |
|
Moderate growth retardation |
9 |
4.9 |
|
Severe growth retardation |
2 |
1.2 |