Table 3 |
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| Underweight, stunting and wasting in children at follow-up | |||||||||
| Males | Females | All | |||||||
| n | N | (%) | n | N | (%) | n | N | (%) | |
| Weight for age z score | |||||||||
| < −2 SD | 278 | 776 | (35.8) | 293 | 868 | (33.8) | 571 | 1644 | (34.7) |
| < −3 SD | 103 | 776 | (13.3) | 106 | 868 | (12.2) | 209 | 1644 | (12.7) |
| Height for age z score | |||||||||
| < −2 SD | 380 | 770 | (49.4) | 389 | 866 | (44.9) | 769 | 1636 | (47.0) |
| < −3 SD | 207 | 770 | (26.9) | 211 | 866 | (24.4) | 418 | 1636 | (25.6) |
| Weight for height z score | |||||||||
| < −2 SD | 136 | 764 | (17.8) | 137 | 853 | (16.1) | 273 | 1617 | (16.9) |
| < −3 SD | 41 | 764 | (5.4) | 46 | 853 | (5.4) | 87 | 1617 | (5.4) |
< −2 SD: more than 2 standard deviations below the median. The figures for children < −2 SD include those for < −3 SD.
Das et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:100 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-100
