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Table 6 Nutritional status and ocular morbidity

From: Factors associated with childhood ocular morbidity and blindness in three ecological regions of Nepal: Nepal pediatric ocular disease study

BMI

Frequency

Percent

Presence of ocular disease

Corneal opacity

Under weight (<=17.50Ā kg/m2)

7741

75.4

296(81.3%)

68(85.0%)

Normal weight (>17.50-22.99Ā kg/m2)

2023

19.7

56(15.5%)

11(13.5%)

Over weight (23.00-27.99Ā kg/m2)

310

3.0

10(2.7%)

1(1.2%)

Obesity (>28Ā kg/m2)

141

1.4

2(0.5%)

0