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Table 4 Percentage of early (10–14 years) and late (15–19 years) adolescent girls by stunting, BMI, and MUAC

From: WASH practices and its association with nutritional status of adolescent girls in poverty pockets of eastern India

 

Bihar

Odisha

Chhattisgarh

Total

10–14

15–19

N

10–14

15–19

N

10–14

15–19

N

10–14

15–19

N

Stunting

 < −2SD

44.1

40.3

42.7

23.9

46.6

35.0

21.9

34.9

27.7

28.9

39.7

33.6

 <−3SD

17.5

15.1

16.6

4.6

9.5

7.0

3.5

4.7

4.0

7.9

8.4

8.1

 N

1032

596

1628

879

839

1718

1615

1300

2915

3526

2735

6261

BMI

 < −2SD

27.2

26.1

26.8

16.5

8.2

12.5

17.4

10.5

14.3

20.0

13.2

17.1

 <−3SD

7.7

6.6

7.3

3.8

1.5

2.7

3.6

1.8

2.8

4.8

2.7

3.9

 N

1030

593

1623

879

839

1718

1613

1297

2910

3522

2729

6251

MUAC

 < 19 cm

47.6

7.0

32.7

29.7

1.2

15.8

27.5

1.7

16.0

34.1

2.7

20.4

 < 17 cm

20.7

2.1

13.9

7.5

0.1

3.9

5.3

0.2

3.1

10.5

0.6

6.2

 N

1075

625

1700

879

840

1719

1615

1300

2915

3569

2765

6334