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. 2024 Feb 20;43:29. doi: 10.1186/s41043-024-00522-6

Table 4.

Correlation between IQ and WAZ, HAZ, and BAZ

IQ score Total Male Female
WAZ r 0.22 0.18 0.22
p value 0.16 0.12 0.15
HAZ r 0.15 0.04 0.23
p value 0.04 0.61 0.01
BAZ r 0.17 0.20 0.12
p value 0.12 0.07 0.11

Bold values are significant

BAZ, BMI-for-age; HAZ, height-for-age; IQ, intelligence quotient; r, correlation coefficient; and WAZ, weight-for-age

p value < 0.05 was considered significant