Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of stature (absolute) among the Mishing boy of two different setting.

Age in years	Flood affected					Non flood affected					Welch’s t value
	N	Mean (cm)	SD	Absolute growth	Growth percent	N	Mean (cm)	SD	Absolute Growth	Growth percent
6	51	105.34	5.32			45	106.49	4.92			1.10
7	52	112.93	5.67	7.59	7.20	41	114.16	5.26	7.67	7.20	1.08
8	50	119.54	6.15	6.61	5.86	50	120.22	5.85	6.05	5.30	0.57
9	51	125.76	5.83	6.22	5.20	45	125.99	7.31	5.78	4.81	0.17
10	52	132.21	5.36	6.44	5.12	55	131.38	6.03	5.39	4.28	0.75
11	51	136.88	6.62	4.67	3.53	51	136.19	6.69	4.81	3.66	0.52
12	54	140.90	6.61	4.02	2.94	47	142.32	6.89	6.13	4.50	1.05
13	50	144.85	7.41	3.94	2.80	53	144.93	7.75	2.62	1.84	0.05
14	50	153.32	6.70	8.47	5.85	40	154.13	6.22	9.20	6.34	0.59
15	52	158.14	6.41	4.82	3.15	38	159.31	6.33	5.18	3.36	0.86
16	50	161.45	5.34	3.31	2.09	41	160.17	5.17	0.87	0.54	1.16
17	51	161.41	3.99	-0.04	-0.02	42	161.06	4.27	0.89	0.56	0.41
18	50	162.19	7.04	0.78	0.48	49	162.92	6.30	1.86	1.15	0.54
19	50	163.39	5.51	1.20	0.74	46	163.64	5.93	0.73	0.45	0.21
20	54	163.44	6.19	0.05	0.03	52	165.04	5.33	1.40	0.85	1.43

N Number of individuals, SD Standard deviation, cm centimeter.