Clinical and anthropometric characteristics of 188 rural Ghanaian adolescents.

<p>Clinical and anthropometric characteristics of 188 rural Ghanaian adolescents.</p

Venn diagram for the co-occurrences of infectious diseases, malnutrition and cardio-metabolic risk factors in 188 adolescents in rural Ghana.

<p>Data are presented as proportions of the total study population. Infectious diseases comprise malarial infection <i>plus</i> diagnoses of and symptoms compatible with another infectious disease; malnutrition comprises underweight, stunting, iron deficiency and vitamin A deficiency; cardio-metabolic risk factors comprise overweight, obesity, impaired fasting glucose and hypertension.</p

Socio-demographic characteristics of 188 rural Ghanaian adolescents.

<p>Socio-demographic characteristics of 188 rural Ghanaian adolescents.</p

Proportions of infectious diseases, malnutrition and cardio-metabolic risk factors in 188 adolescents in rural Ghana.

<p>Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. dark grey = infectious diseases, comprise malarial infection <i>plus</i> diagnoses of and symptoms compatible with another infectious disease; light grey = malnutrition, comprises underweight, stunting, iron deficiency and vitamin A deficiency; white = cardio-metabolic risk factors, comprise overweight, obesity, impaired fasting glucose and hypertension.</p

Associations of demographic, socio-economic and medical factors with infectious diseases, malnutrition and CRFs.

<p>Associations of demographic, socio-economic and medical factors with infectious diseases, malnutrition and CRFs.</p