TABLE 2.
Description of children included in the categorical wasting analysis in the combined dataset including anthropometry data collected in children <24 mo of age
| Setting (reference) | Participants | Weight and length in 4 periods1 | Girls | Mean age at first visit | Mean visits <18 mo | Any wasting 0–17 mo | Stunted at 18–24 mo |
| n | n | n (%) | mo | n | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Peru 1985 (19) | 673 | 118 | 54 (46) | 1.8 | 16 | 25 (21) | 43 (36) |
| Peru 1989 (20) | 217 | 84 | 43 (51) | 1.7 | 14 | 3 (4) | 19 (23) |
| Peru 1995 (21) | 224 | 159 | 70 (44) | 1.3 | 16 | 4 (3) | 34 (21) |
| Brazil 1989 (17) | 119 | 99 | 53 (54) | 3.2 | 5 | 5 (5) | 21 (21) |
| Guinea-Bissau 1987 (22) | 1,143 | 90 | 45 (50) | 3.2 | 5 | 17 (19) | 37 (41) |
| Guinea-Bissau 1996 (18) | 1,027 | 438 | 213 (49) | 2.9 | 7 | 87 (20) | 114 (26) |
| Bangladesh 1993 (24) | 288 | 247 | 106 (43) | 1.2 | 16 | 104 (42) | 168 (68) |
| India 2005 (23) | 373 | 369 | 185 (50) | 1.1 | 17 | 219 (59) | 244 (66) |
1
The 4 periods are 0–5, 6–11, 12–17, and 18–23 mo.