Table 3 Nutritional characteristics of children 2–59 months of age in Northeast Ethiopia, 2019
Variables | Pneumonia status | |
|---|---|---|
Cases, n (%) | Controls, n (%) | |
Zinc Supplementation | ||
Yes | 29 (19.6) | 22 (7.4) |
No | 119 (80.4) | 274 (92.6) |
Current breast-feeding Status | ||
Yes | 84 (56.8) | 160 (54.1) |
No | 64 (43.2) | 136 (45.9) |
Birth to 6 months of breast feeding | ||
Exclusive breast feeding | 145 (97.9) | 294 (99.3) |
Non – Exclusive breast feeding | 3 (2.1) | 2 (0.7) |
Duration of breast feeding | ||
No BF | 4 (2.7) | 7 (2.4) |
12 months or less | 71 (47.9) | 89 (30.1) |
13–24 months | 63 (42.6) | 175 (59.1) |
>24 months | 10 (6.8) | 25 (8.4) |
Begin of complementary feeding | ||
Before 6 months | 14 (9.5) | 18 (6.1) |
After 6 months | 134 (90.5) | 278 (93.9) |
Nutritional status of the child | ||
Height for Age (HFA) | ||
Not stunting | 143 (96.6) | 285 (96.3) |
Stunting | 5 (3.4) | 11 (3.7) |
Weight for Age (WFA) | ||
Normal | 145 (98.0) | 283 (95.6) |
Underweight | 3 (2.0) | 13(4.4) |
Weight for Height (WFH) | ||
Not Wasting | 145 (98.0) | 2861(96.6) |
Wasting | 3 (2.0) | 10 (3.4) |
MUAC, centimeter | ||
< 11 | 49 (33.1) | 80 (27.0) |
11–12 | 48 (32.4) | 97 (32.8) |
>12 | 51 (34.5) | 119 (40.2) |