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. 2024 Aug 27;28:100473. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2024.100473

Table 3.

Comparison of anthropometric characteristics of healthy children with children diagnosed with growth disorder (of age 0–59 months from the Indian dataset).

Parameter Healthy (n = 1854)
With diagnosed growth disorder (n = 272)
Mean ± Std. deviation Mean ± Std. deviation
Age in Months 19.4 ± 17.7 34.6 ± 16.5
Height in cm 75.1 ± 17.9 77.8 ± 12.0
Weight in Kg 8.9 ± 4.0 9.8 ± 4.5
Body Mass Index Kg/m2 14.6 ± 2.3 15.6 ± 3.5
Indian Height-for-Age Z score −0.3 ± 1.4 −3.5 ± 2.0
Indian BMI-for-Age Z score −0.2 ± 1.6 0.2 ± 2.4
WHO Height-for-Age Z score −0.8 ± 1.6 −4.2 ± 2.3
WHO BMI-for-Age Z score −0.9 ± 1.4 −0.3 ± 2.4
Pakistani Height-for-Age Z score −0.2 ± 0.9 −1.7 ± 1.5
Pakistani BMI-for-Age Z score −0.4 ± 0.7 −0.1 ± 1.1
Indonesian Height-for-Age Z score −0.7 ± 1.5 −3.6 ± 2.0
Indonesian BMI-for-Age Z score −0.9 ± 1.5 −0.7 ± 2.4

Footnote- Std, standard; BMI, body mass index; WHO, World Health Organisation.