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Table 2.

Prevalence of infant stunting by sex and study site (n 306). Data were obtained from newborns with a median age of 19 d from eight rural villages (n 200) and an urban clinic (n 106) in Quetzaltenango, western highlands of Guatemala

		Proportion indigenous	HAZ^*			Proportion of stunting^†
	n	(%)	Median	Mean	sd	(%)
Rural-village site
Boys	110 (55 %)	100	−1·57	−1·76	1·46	37
Girls	90 (45 %)	100	−1·49	−1·64	1·28	38
P value			0·618^‡			0·119^§
Urban-clinic site
Boys	53 (50 %)	32	−1·64	−1·75	1·16	32
Girls	53 (50 %)	23	−1·40	−1·27	1·02	19
P value			0·040^‡			0·941^§

HAZ, length-for-age Z-score.

Based on 2006 WHO growth standards⁽ ⁴ ⁾.

^†

Stunting was defined as HAZ <−2·0 in relation to the WHO reference median⁽ ⁴ ⁾.

^‡

P value for the difference between sexes within study sites using the non-parametric Mann–Whiney U test.

^§

P value for the difference between sexes within study sites using the χ ² test.