Table 3 Socio-demographic differences between normal and malnourished children under 5 years of age with upper and lower RTIs (combined) in the study group, Cairo University Children’s Hospital September 2018–March 2019 (n = 611)
Malnourished (n = 76) | Normal (n = 535) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 43 | 56.6 | 281 | 52.5 | 0.507 |
Female | 33 | 43.4 | 254 | 47.5 | |
Age group | |||||
< 2 years | 56 | 73.7 | 230 | 43 | <0.001* |
2–5 years | 20 | 26.3 | 305 | 57 | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 50 | 65.8 | 370 | 69.2 | 0.553 |
Rural | 26 | 34.2 | 165 | 30.8 | |
Crowding Index | |||||
> 2 | 36 | 47.4 | 271 | 50.7 | 0.592 |
≤ 2 | 40 | 52.6 | 264 | 49.3 | |
Paternal education | |||||
None | 18 | 23.7 | 139 | 26 | 0.873 |
Primary | 12 | 15.8 | 85 | 15.9 | |
Secondary | 27 | 35.5 | 199 | 37.2 | |
Tertiary | 19 | 25 | 112 | 20.9 | |
Maternal education | |||||
Not educated | 22 | 28.9 | 151 | 28.2 | 0.939 |
Primary | 19 | 25 | 140 | 26.2 | |
Secondary | 25 | 32.9 | 162 | 30.3 | |
Tertiary | 10 | 13.2 | 82 | 15.3 | |
Feeding in the first 6 months of life | |||||
Breastfeeding | 48 | 63.2 | 361 | 67.5 | 0.209 |
Artificial feeding | 23 | 30.3 | 118 | 22.1 | |
Mixed feeding | 5 | 6.6 | 56 | 10.5 | |