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. 2015 Nov 24;19(10):1741–1750. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015003316

Table 3.

Pair-wise comparisons of the median (P50), third (P3) and ninety-seventh (P97) percentile values for length/height in boys and girls between the pooled SEANUTS sample and the remaining pooled SEANUTS sample after excluding single sites

Length/height (cm)
Boys Girls
P50 P3 P97 P50 P3 P97
Mean sd SSE Mean SSE Mean SSE Mean sd SSE Mean SSE Mean SSE
6 months
Pooled SEANUTS 68·1 3·6 0·00 61·3 0·00 75·0 0·00 65·9 3·0 0·00 60·6 0·00 71·8 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 68·2 3·7 0·04 61·4 0·03 75·2 0·05 65·7 3·0 −0·06 60·4 −0·05 71·7 −0·02
Thailand 68·2 3·7 0·01 61·5 0·05 75·4 0·12 65·9 3·0 0·01 60·6 0·03 72·0 0·09
Indonesia 67·8 2·8 −0·09 62·9 0·43 73·4 −0·43 65·4 2·5 −0·14 61·1 0·17 70·5 −0·43
Vietnam 68·0 3·7 −0·03 61·2 −0·03 75·2 0·06 65·8 3·0 −0·02 60·4 −0·06 71·7 −0·01
2 years
Pooled SEANUTS 84·0 4·4 0·00 75·3 0·00 92·0 0·00 82·6 4·0 0·00 75·4 0·00 90·3 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 84·1 4·5 0·00 74·0 −0·28 92·2 0·04 82·5 4·1 −0·02 75·1 −0·06 90·4 0·02
Thailand 83·4 4·5 −0·14 74·7 −0·12 91·6 −0·08 82·0 4·0 −0·13 74·9 −0·12 90·1 −0·06
Indonesia 85·0 3·7 0·21 78·3 0·68 92·1 0·03 83·8 3·5 0·30 77·6 0·56 90·7 0·10
Vietnam 83·8 4·5 −0·06 75·0 −0·05 91·9 −0·02 82·4 4·0 −0·05 75·0 −0·08 90·1 −0·04
4 years
Pooled SEANUTS 99·9 5·2 0·00 89·4 0·00 109·0 0·00 98·7 5·0 0·00 89·5 0·00 108·4 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 99·6 5·4 −0·06 88·6 −0·15 109·0 −0·01 98·2 5·1 −0·08 88·9 −0·12 108·2 −0·05
Thailand 99·1 5·3 −0·14 88·6 −0·16 108·6 −0·09 97·9 5·1 −0·15 88·8 −0·15 108·0 −0·08
Indonesia 101·0 4·6 0·22 92·2 0·55 109·5 0·09 99·9 4·5 0·25 91·7 0·43 108·7 0·06
Vietnam 99·6 5·2 −0·04 89·4 0·01 108·9 −0·02 98·6 5·1 −0·02 89·4 −0·03 108·4 0·00
6 years
Pooled SEANUTS 112·6 5·8 0·00 101·1 0·00 123·0 0·00 111·4 5·8 0·00 100·7 0·00 122·7 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 112·0 6·0 −0·10 100·0 −0·18 122·7 −0·04 110·9 5·9 −0·08 100·1 −0·10 122·4 −0·05
Thailand 112·2 6·0 −0·06 100·4 −0·11 122·9 0·00 110·8 6·0 −0·10 100·1 −0·11 122·6 −0·02
Indonesia 113·5 5·4 0·16 103·0 0·35 123·3 0·05 112·4 5·4 0·18 102·5 0·31 122·8 0·02
Vietnam 112·4 5·7 −0·03 101·3 0·04 122·8 −0·03 111·2 5·9 −0·02 100·6 −0·03 122·6 0·00
8 years
Pooled SEANUTS 123·6 6·4 0·00 111·2 0·00 135·5 0·00 122·9 6·6 0·00 110·8 0·00 135·5 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 122·9 6·6 −0·11 110·2 −0·15 135·2 −0·04 122·3 6·6 −0·09 110·2 −0·09 135·1 −0·06
Thailand 123·3 6·6 −0·04 110·7 −0·08 135·6 0·02 122·4 6·7 −0·07 110·2 −0·08 135·6 0·01
Indonesia 124·4 6·1 0·14 112·7 0·24 135·7 0·04 124·0 6·2 0·17 112·5 0·26 135·8 0·05
Vietnam 123·4 6·3 −0·02 111·5 0·05 135·2 −0·04 122·8 6·6 −0·01 110·6 −0·03 135·5 0·00
10 years
Pooled SEANUTS 133·8 7·2 0·00 120·5 0·00 147·5 0·00 134·7 7·3 0·00 121·0 0·00 148·6 0·00
Excluding:
Malaysia 132·9 7·3 −0·13 119·5 −0·14 147·1 −0·06 133·7 7·4 −0·13 120·1 −0·12 147·8 −0·10
Thailand 133·4 7·4 −0·05 119·8 −0·09 147·5 0·00 134·3 7·5 −0·06 120·4 −0·08 148·6 0·00
Indonesia 134·7 6·9 0·12 121·8 0·18 147·9 0·05 135·7 7·0 0·14 122·7 0·23 149·0 0·06
Vietnam 134·0 7·0 0·02 121·0 0·07 147·4 −0·01 134·9 7·4 0·02 120·9 −0·01 148·6 0·01

SEANUTS, SEANUTS, South-East Asian Nutrition Survey; SSE, standardized site effect (difference between the indicated site mean and the corresponding pooled SEANUTS (all sites) mean divided by the pooled sd).

SSE marked in bold font correspond to values greater than 0·5 or lower than −0·5.