Table 3.
Prevalence of low weight-for-age (underweight) in 331 pastoral Fulani children, by sex and age group.
| Age Group (months) | Sex | Number below Cut-off (-2 SD) | Number in age Group | Percentage below Cut-off |
| 6–11.99 | Boys | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Girls | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Combined | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| 12–23.99 | Boys | 9 | 14 | 64.3 |
| Girls | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | |
| Combined | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | |
| 24–35.99 | Boys | 2 | 2 | 100.00 |
| Girls | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | |
| Combined | 8 | 19 | 42.1 | |
| 36–47.99 | Boys | 3 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Girls | 3 | 10 | 30.3 | |
| Combined | 6 | 26 | 23.1 | |
| 48–59.99 | Boys | 3 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Girls | 2 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Combined | 5 | 31 | 16.1 | |
| 60–71.99 | Boys | 5 | 17 | 29.4 |
| Girls | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Combined | 6 | 26 | 23.1 | |
| 72–83.99 | Boys | 8 | 22 | 36.4 |
| Girls | 8 | 17 | 47.1 | |
| Combined | 16 | 39 | 41.0 | |
| 84–95.99 | Boys | 5 | 13 | 38.5 |
| Girls | 1 | 25 | 4.0 | |
| Combined | 6 | 38 | 15.8 | |
| 96–107.99 | Boys | 12 | 18 | 66.7 |
| Girls | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | |
| Combined | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | |
| 108–119.99 | Boys | 1 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Girls | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | |
| Combined | 11 | 22 | 50.0 | |
| > 120 | Boys | 23 | 42 | 54.8 |
| Girls | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | |
| Combined | 35 | 70 | 50.0 | |
| Total | Boys | 72 | 167 | 43.1 |
| Girls | 56 | 164 | 34.1 | |
| Combined | 128 | 331 | 38.7 | |