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. 2023 Sep 13;621(7979):550–557. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06418-5

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Fig. 2 — a, Kernel density distributions of LAZ in DHS countries that overlap with Ki cohorts (black lines) and in each Ki cohort (coloured lines). b, Mean LAZs by age for DHS countries overlapping with Ki cohorts (black lines) and pooled across Ki longitudinal cohorts with at least quarterly measurement (coloured lines) estimated with cubic splines. Shaded bands are approximate 95% simultaneous confidence intervals. The DHS survey was not conducted in Guinea-Bissau during the study period. Each panel includes n = 125,046 children from DHS data and n = 52,640 children from Ki cohorts.