Table.

Anthropometric measurements in children from Kibera, 2005 and 2008

Anthropometric measurements	Kibera2008					Kibera2008
	No.	% <-2SD	95%CI	%<-3SD	95%CI	No.	%<-2SD	95%CI	%<-3SD	95%CI
Height/length-for-age—stunting
Age (months)
6-11	380	23.4	19-27.8	8.4	5.5-11.3	122	17.2	10.1-24.3	8.2	2.9-13.5
12-23	653	42.6	38.7-46.4	18.1	15-21.1	272	47.1	40.9-53.2	19.9	14.9-24.8
24-35	588	54.6	50.5-58.7	25	21.4-28.6	320	56.3	50.7-61.8	25.9	21-30.9
36-47	543	46.4	42.1-50.7	16.4	13.2-19.6	264	58	51.8-64.1	29.9	24.2-35.6
48-60	592	33.1	29.2-37	9.3	6.9-11.7	267	38.6	32.6-44.6	24.3	19-29.7
Gender
Male	1,358	41.1	38.6-43.6	16.5	14.6-18.4	592	50.7	46.6-54.8	25.2	21.6-28.7
Female	1,397	35.5	33.1-37.9	13.4	11.7-15.2	653	43.6	39.8-47.5	21.7	18.5-25
Total	2,756	38.3	36.5-40	14.9	13.7-16.2	1245	47	44.2-49.8	23.4	21-25.8
Weight-for-length—wasting
Age (months)
6-11	378	10.8	7.6-14.1	5.8	3.3-8.3	122	4.1	0.2-8	0.8	0-2.8
12-23	655	7.8	5.7-9.9	2.4	1.2-3.7	272	2.9	0.7-5.1	1.5	0-3.1
24-35	589	5.1	3.2-7	1.7	0.6-2.8	320	2.2	0.4-3.9	0.3	0-1.1
36-47	544	5.3	3.4-7.3	1.3	0.2-2.3	264	3.4	1-5.8	0.4	0-1.3
48-60	588	8.3	6-10.7	3.1	1.6-4.5	267	1.1	0-2.6	0	0-0.2
Gender
Male	1,396	7.5	6.1-8.9	2.9	2-3.8	592	2	0.8-3.2	0.7	0-1.4
Female	1,411	6.7	5.9-7.5	2.3	1.5-3.2	653	3.1	1.7-4.5	0.5	0-1.1
Total	2,807	7.1	6.2-8.1	2.6	2-3.2	1245	2.6	1.7-3.5	0.6	0.1-1
Weight-for-age—underweight
Age (months)
6-11	388	17	13.1-20.9	7.5	4.7-10.2	122	9	3.5-14.5	1.6	0-4.3
12-23	670	19.7	16.6-22.8	6.9	4.9-8.9	272	10.7	6.8-14.5	2.9	0.7-5.1
24-35	595	24	20.5-27.6	6.1	4.1-8.1	320	14.4	10.4-18.4	4.7	2.2-7.2
36-47	550	21.8	18.3-25.4	6.4	4.2-8.5	264	13.3	9-17.5	4.5	1.8-7.2
48-60	595	20.5	17.2-23.8	6.6	4.5-8.6	267	9.7	6-13.5	0.7	0-2
Gender
Male	1,383	21.3	19.3-23.3	6.6	5.4-7.9	592	14.4	11.4-17.3	3.4	1.8-4.9
Female	1,415	20.1	18.1-22.1	6.6	5.4-7.9	653	9.5	7.2-11.8	2.9	1.5-4.3
Total	2,798	20.7	19.3-22.1	6.6	5.8-7.5	1245	11.8	10-13.6	3.1	2.1-4.1

CI=Confidence interval;

SD=Standard deviation