Table 4.

Comparisons of the median (P50), third (P3) and ninety-seventh (P97) percentile values for length/height in boys and girls between WHO and pooled SEANUTS samples

	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
WHO	67·6	2·1	0·00	63·6	0·00	71·6	0·00	65·7	2·3	0·00	61·5	0·00	70·0	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	68·1	3·6	0·22	61·3	−1·07	5·0	1·57	65·9	3·0	0·05	60·6	−0·42	71·8	0·77
2 years
WHO	87·8	3·1	0·00	82·1	0·00	93·6	0·00	86·4	3·2	0·00	80·3	0·00	92·5	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	84·0	4·4	−1·24	75·3	−2·24	92·0	−0·53	82·6	4·0	−1·20	75·4	−1·54	90·3	−0·68
4 years
WHO	103·3	4·2	0·00	95·4	0·00	111·2	0·00	102·7	4·3	0·00	94·6	0·00	110·8	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	99·9	5·2	−0·83	89·4	−1·43	109·0	−0·52	98·7	5·0	−0·95	89·5	−1·18	108·4	−0·56
6 years
WHO	116·0	4·9	0·00	106·7	0·00	125·2	0·00	115·1	5·1	0·00	105·5	0·00	124·8	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	112·6	5·8	−0·69	101·1	−1·15	123·0	−0·45	111·4	5·8	−0·74	100·7	−0·94	122·7	−0·42
8 years
WHO	127·3	5·7	0·00	116·6	0·00	137·9	0·00	126·6	5·8	0·00	115·7	0·00	137·5	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	123·6	6·4	−0·66	111·2	−0·96	135·5	−0·43	122·9	6·6	−0·64	110·8	−0·85	135·5	−0·34
10 years
WHO	137·8	6·4	0·00	125·8	0·00	149·8	0·00	138·6	6·4	0·00	126·6	0·00	150·7	0·00
Pooled SEANUTS	133·8	7·2	−0·62	120·5	−0·83	147·5	−0·36	134·7	7·3	−0·61	121·0	−0·88	148·6	−0·34

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

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