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Food security, dietary diversity, and age as determinants of nutritional status among adolescent girls in coastal Bangladesh
Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences
| Vol 5, Issue 2
Table 4. Association of respondents’ age, dietary diversity, and food security withnutritional status
| Variables | Frequency (%) | Nutritional status | χ2 values | ρ-value | |||||||
| Underweight (35) | Normal (207) | Overweight (52) | Obese (51) | ||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
| Age group | |||||||||||
| 10-12 years | 94 (27.25%) | 12 | 12.77% | 55 | 58.51% | 15 | 15.96% | 12 | 12.77% | 13.634 | .034 |
| 13-15 years | 117 (33.91%) | 13 | 11.11% | 71 | 60.68% | 16 | 13.68% | 17 | 14.53% | ||
| 16-19 years | 134 (38.84%) | 10 | 7.46% | 81 | 60.45% | 21 | 15.67% | 22 | 16.42% | ||
| Dietary diversity | |||||||||||
| 3 or less than 3 food groups | 12 (3.48%) | 1 | 8.33% | 7 | 58.33% | 2 | 16.67% | 2 | 16.67% | 24.074 | .019 |
| 4 food groups | 68 (19.71%) | 6 | 8.82% | 44 | 64.71% | 10 | 14.71% | 8 | 11.76% | ||
| 5 food groups | 134 (38.84%) | 14 | 10.45% | 65 | 48.51% | 22 | 16.42% | 33 | 24.63% | ||
| 6 food groups | 71 (20.58%) | 7 | 9.86% | 46 | 64.79% | 11 | 15.49% | 7 | 9.86% | ||
| 7 or more than 7 food groups | 60 (17.39%) | 7 | 11.67% | 45 | 75.00% | 7 | 11.67% | 1 | 1.67% | ||
| Food security | |||||||||||
| Food secure | 234 (67.83%) | 27 | 11.54% | 151 | 64.53% | 27 | 11.54% | 29 | 12.39% | 12.703 | .048 |
| Moderate food secure/insecure | 84 (24.35%) | 6 | 7.14% | 43 | 51.19% | 17 | 20.24% | 18 | 21.43% | ||
| Food insecure | 27 (7.83%) | 2 | 7.41% | 13 | 48.15% | 6 | 22.22% | 6 | 22.22% | ||