Table 1 |
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Distribution (absolute and relative) of z-scores for the indices height-for-age (H/A), weight-for-age (W/A), and weight-for-height (W/H) of Xavante children < 10 years of age, according to sex, following NCHS reference. |
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Z-scores |
H/A |
W/A |
W/H |
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Sex |
Sex |
Sex |
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M |
F |
Total |
M |
F |
Total |
M |
F |
Total |
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n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
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< -2.00 |
16* (14.2) |
17* (15.2) |
33 (14.7) |
5 (4.3) |
8 (6.9) |
13 (5.6) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
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-2.00 ≤ z < -1.00 |
45* (39.8) |
46* (41.1) |
91 (40.4) |
32 (27.6) |
32 (27.6) |
64 (27.6) |
6 (5.3) |
4 (3.6) |
10 (4.5) |
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-1.00 ≤ z ≤ 2.00 |
52* (46.0) |
49* (43.7) |
101 (44.9) |
79* (68.1) |
76* (65.5) |
155 (66.8) |
104 (92.9) |
105 (94.6) |
209 (93.7) |
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> 2.00 |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
2 (1.8) |
2 (1.8) |
4 (1.8) |
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Total |
113 |
112 |
225 |
116 |
116 |
232 |
112 |
111 |
223 |
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Pimentel Barbosa village, Brazil, 2006. Obs.: (*) significant results, 1 d.f. (p < 0.05). |
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Ferreira et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:3 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-3 |
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