Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of measurement of height for five measurement occasions by countries

		Height measurement occasion (age/year)
Country/age (year)		Age 1	Age 5	Age 8	Age 12	Age 15
Ethiopia	Mean	71.375	104.467	121.348	141.785	156.851
	SD	5.336	5.087	5.744	6.572	7.117
	n	1582	1582	1582	1582	1582
India	Mean	72.159	104.648	119.488	141.197	155.937
	SD	4.802	4.550	5.485	6.757	7.351
	n	1648	1648	1648	1648	1648
Peru	Mean	71.781	104.899	120.782	143.654	157.590
	SD	4.524	5.820	5.556	7.040	7.076
	n	1627	1627	1627	1627	1627
Vietnam	Mean	72.415	105.319	121.539	144.849	159.136
	SD	4.194	4.886	5.777	7.762	7.098
	n	1744	1744	1744	1744	1744

Age 1,…, Age 15 are children’s height measurements at age 1,…age 15 years, respectively, SD Standard deviation