Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Variable	Age category
	<18 months	18 months to 5years	> 5 years to 18years	Total
Sex (N=1917)
Male	340 (50.7%)	302 (53.9%)	355 (51.7%)	997 (52.0%)
Female	330 (49.3%)	258 (46.1%)	332 (48.3%)	920 (48.0%)
Weight for height (n=1056)
<70%	281 (85.7%	322 (85.4%)	282 (80.3%)	885 (83.8%)
> 70% to 80%	17 (5.2%)	20 (5.3%)	24 (6.9%)	61 (5.8%)
> 80%	30 (9.1%)	35 (9.3%)	45 1(2.8%)	110 (10.4%)
Body mass index (n=798)
Median BMI(kg/m2) (range)	Not calculated	15.5 (7.8–20.1)	15.1 (6.1–31.5)	15.1 (6.1–31.5)
Mean BMI	Not calculated	15.3	15.2	15.2 (6.1–31.5)