Table 2.
Frequency and prevalence of underweight and stunting by age, comparing the WHO standards, the NCHS reference and the APS reference: children aged less than 5 years (n 2644), La Plata, Argentina, October 2003–April 2005
| Underweight | Stunting | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHO | NCHS | APS | WHO | NCHS | APS | |||||||
| Age group | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| 0–6 months | 148 | 14·3 | 13 | 1·3 | 32 | 3·1 | 113 | 10·9 | 40 | 3·9 | 76 | 7·3 |
| 1 year | 16 | 1·8 | 21 | 2·4 | 12 | 1·4 | 47 | 5·4 | 41 | 4·7 | 35 | 4·0 |
| 2–5 years | 18 | 2·4 | 28 | 3·8 | 35 | 4·8 | 48 | 6·5 | 40 | 5·4 | 29 | 3·9 |
| Total | 182 | 6·9 | 62 | 2·3 | 79 | 3·0 | 208 | 7·9 | 121 | 4·6 | 140 | 5·3 |
WHO standards, 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards; NCHS, 1977 National Center for Health Statistics international growth reference; APS reference, 1987 Argentine Pediatric Society Committee of Growth and Development reference.