Table 2.

Anthropometric characteristics of the study population.

Parameters	Mild stunting1		Normal stature2
	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation
Normal weight3	n = 17		n = 22
Height (cm)	149.04	8.97	164.87	9.90
Height-for-age z scores	−1.56	0.25	0.41*	1.00
Weight (kg)	42.82	10.58	53.55	8.64
Body mass index (kg/m2)	19.00	2.73	19.61	2.15
BMI-for-age percentile	43.09	28.37	47.02	25.76
Overweight4	n = 12		n = 15
Height (cm)	147.45	4.92	158.85	9.59
Height-for-age z scores	−1.50	0.31	0.11*	0.75
Weight (kg)	54.00	6.25	73.26*	20.02
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.76	1.76	28.53*	4.92
BMI-for-age percentile	91.19	3.51	94.87	3.62

In each row, significant differences between short and normal stature groups are shown by asterisk (Student t-test; P < .05)

¹Height-for-age z scores <−1 and ≥−2.

²Height-for-age z scores ≥−1.

³BMI-for-age percentile > 5th and < 85th.

⁴BMI-for-age percentile ≥ 85th.