Evaluation of anthropometric indices and their relationship with maternal nutritional literacy and selected socio-economic and demographic variables among children under 5 years old

Table 6 Comparison of mothers’ mean score of nutritional literacy based on anthropometric indices

Anthropometric indices	Subcategories		Mean ± SD	p
weight-for-height (WHZ)	wasting		23.45 ± 4.42^a	0.004^b
	Normal		26.19 ± 4.46^a
	Overweight		24.47 ± 5.29
weight-for-age (WAZ)	Underweight	Yes	23.31 ± 5.77	0.023^c
weight-for-age (WAZ)	Underweight	No	25.98 ± 4.51	0.023^c
height t-for-age (HAZ)	Stunting	Yes	23.03 ± 5.13	0.001^c>
height t-for-age (HAZ)	Stunting	No	26.11 ± 4.47	0.001^c>

a, statistically significant difference between the two groups based on the Bonferroni correction method. b, one-way ANOVA; c, independent T-test

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