Research Article

Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India

Table 4

Nutritional status of the study participants [].

Weight for height scoresOrphans ()Nonorphans ()Chi-square value
(%) (%)

Normal (Median ± 2 SD)33 (58.9)19 (63.3)0.159
Median ± 3 SD23 (41.1)11 (36.7)