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Table 4 The pearson correlation between age at menarche and body composition

From: Age at menarche in relation to nutritional status and critical life events among rural and urban secondary school girls in post-conflict Northern Uganda

Anthropometric

Pearson

p-value

measures

correlation (r)

Weight

-0.056

0.179

Height

+0.032

0.301

BMI

-0.083

0.087

Waist circumference (cm)

-0.017

0.391

Hip circumference (cm)

-0.109

0.036*

Waist/Hip Ratio

+0.078

0.100

  1. * = p-value <0.05 is statistically significant.
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