Table 1.

Characteristics of rural Senegalese preschool children included in the analysis.

	All children n = 322		Malnourished children n = 161		Pair-matched control children n = 161
Variable	n or mean	% or SD	n or mean	% or SD	n or mean	% or SD
Child's age (months)
12–23.9	32	19.9	32	19.9	32	19.9
24–35.9	31	19.3	31	19.3	31	19.3
36–47.9	43	26.7	43	26.7	43	26.7
48–60	33	20.5	33	20.5	33	20.5
>60	22	13.6	22	13.6	22	13.6
Mean age (months)	41.4	15.9	40.9	16.0	41.9	15.8
Sex
Female	166	51.5	83	51.5	83	51.5
Male	156	48.5	78	48.5	78	48.5
Nutritional status
Height-for-age (z-score)	-1.55	1.04	-2.31	0.72	-0.79	0.71
Weight-for-height (z-score)	-0.42	0.97	-0.61	1.01	-0.22	0.89
Prevalence of malnutrition
Stunting	142	44.1	142	88.2	0	-
Wasting	19	5.9	19	11.8	0	-