Table 3.
Distribution (absolute and relative) of z-scores for the indices height-for-age (H/A) and weight-for-age (W/A) of Xavante children < 5 years of age, according to sex and growth references.
| z-scores | H/A | W/A | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCHS | Total | WHO | Total | NCHS | Total | WHO | Total | |||||
| Males | Females | n (%) | Males | Females | n (%) | Males | Females | n (%) | Males | Females | n (%) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| < -2.00 | 11 (17.5) |
13 (20.3) |
24 (18.9) |
23 (36.6) |
15 (23.4) |
38 (29.9) |
5 (7.6) |
8 (11.8) |
13 (9.7) |
2 (3.0) |
4 (5.9) |
6 (4.5) |
| -2.00 ≤ z < -1.00 | 30 (47.6) |
31 (48.4) |
61 (48.0) |
20 (31.7) |
34 (53.2) |
54 (42.5) |
23 (34.8) |
20 (29.4) |
43 (32.1) |
20 (30.3) |
18 (26.5) |
38 (28.3) |
| -1.00 ≤ z ≤ 2.00 | 22 (34.9) |
20 (31.3) |
42 (33.1) |
20 (31.7) |
15 (23.4) |
35 (27.6) |
38 (57.6) |
40 (58.8) |
78 (58.2) |
44 (66.7) |
46 (67.6) |
90 (67.2) |
| > 2.00 | 0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
| Total | 63 | 64 | 127 | 63 | 64 | 127 | 66 | 68 | 134 | 66 | 68 | 134 |
Pimentel Barbosa village, Brazil, 2006.