Table 3.

Proportion of Nepali children with linear growth faltering^* by height for age (L/HAZ) status and age stratum at the start of an interval

	0–5·9 mo		6–11·9 mo		12–23·9 mo		24–35·9 mo		36–47·9 mo		48–59·9 mo
Age	LGVZ < -2
Initial L/HAZ	%	n ‡	%	n ‡	%	n ‡	%	n ‡	%	n ‡	%	n ‡
>-2	32·4	580§	28·9	810	28·0	1020	7·1	889	6·8	990	6·5	1018
<-2†	17·9	56§	27·3	172	31·4	645	6·2	755	5·4	757	5·7	633
	%	n ||	%	n ||	%	n ||	%	n ||	%	n ||	%	n ||
Total	31·1	636	28·6	982	29·3	1665	6·7	1644	6·2	1747	6·2	1652

Mo: months; LGVZ: linear growth velocity Z-score; HAZ: height-for-age Z-scores.

^*Linear growth faltering: LGVZ < -2.

^†L/HAZ < -2: stunting.

^‡‘n’ reflects the row total for children within each age interval.

^§ P < 0·05, chi-square test.

^||‘n’ reflects the column total for children within each age interval.