Table 6 Anthropometric status of study participants of school adolescent girls in Megale district, Afar Regional state, Northeastern Ethiopia, April, 2017 (N = 736)
Variables | Categories | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Height for age (stunting) | Severe stunting | 56 | 7.6 |
| Â | Moderate stunting | 140 | 19.0 |
| Â | Not stunted | 540 | 73.4 |
BMI (cm) | Underweight (< 18.5) | 198 | 26.9 |
|  | Not underweight ( ≥ 18.5) | 538 | 73.1 |
BMI for age (thinness) | Severely thin | 28 | 3.8 |
| Â | Moderately thin | 88 | 12.0 |
| Â | Normal | 614 | 83.4 |
| Â | Overweight | 6 | 0.8 |
MUAC (cm) | < 18 | 128 | 17.4 |
|  | 18–21 | 336 | 45.7 |
| Â | > 21 | 270 | 36.7 |