Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of stature (absolute) among the Mishing girls 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	53	105.01	4.76			52	106.27	5.24			1.68
7	52	112.69	5.27	7.68	7.31	50	113.06	5.69	6.79	6.39	1.52
8	50	116.89	5.72	4.20	3.73	51	117.83	5.86	4.77	4.22	0.57
9	50	122.80	5.24	5.91	5.05	50	122.86	6.02	5.04	4.27	0.55
10	52	127.89	6.39	5.09	4.15	53	127.58	6.76	4.72	3.84	0.75
11	52	136.40	6.25	8.51	6.65	53	134.99	7.10	7.41	5.80	0.52
12	50	140.90	6.16	4.50	3.30	57	142.15	6.27	7.17	5.31	1.05
13	54	144.94	6.32	4.04	2.87	38	146.69	5.64	4.53	3.19	0.05
14	50	148.22	6.10	3.28	2.27	41	148.86	5.89	2.17	1.48	0.33
15	52	149.73	5.55	1.51	1.02	45	149.65	5.78	0.80	0.54	0.86
16	53	150.84	5.08	1.11	0.74	47	150.29	6.24	0.63	0.42	1.62
17	52	151.41	6.34	0.57	0.38	52	151.76	6.52	1.47	0.98	0.53
18	50	152.18	6.67	0.77	0.51	50	152.26	6.84	0.50	0.33	0.65
19	52	152.10	6.17	-0.08	-0.05	38	153.27	6.96	1.01	0.66	0.63
20	51	152.23	6.63	0.13	0.08	56	153.19	5.97	-0.08	-0.05	0.78

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