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Table 4 Assessment of difference in nutritional status between the two phases

From: Mobile phone support to sustain exclusive breastfeeding in the community after hospital delivery and counseling: a quasi-experimental study

Anthropometric parameter

Pre-intervention phase n = 110 (%)

Intervention phase n = 148 (%)

p - valuea

Wasted (WHZb < −2.00)

17 (15)

16 (11)

0.35

Stunted (HAZc < −2.00)

7 (6)

16 (11)

0.27

Underweight (WAZd < −2.00)

14 (13)

15 (10)

0.54

  1. ap - values were based on chi-square test
  2. b Weight-for-height Z-score
  3. c Height-for-age Z-score
  4. d Weight-for-age Z-score
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International Breastfeeding Journal

ISSN: 1746-4358