Table 1.
Mean ±SD anthropometric measurements of infant and young children, Boricha District, South Ethiopia, 2011
| Anthropometric measurements* | Age in months (n=575) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 0-5 months (n=109) | Age 6-8 months (n=79) | Age 9-23 Months (n=387) | Age0-23 months (n=575) | |||||
| Length(cm) | 56.7±4.6 | 63.6±3.4 | 74.8±6.4 | 69.8±9.4 | ||||
| Weight(kg)) | 5.02±1.2 | 6.7±1.1 | 8.8±1.5 | 7.8±2.1 | ||||
| Head circumference(cm) | 39.5±2.7 | 43±1.8 | 46.5±2.04 | 44.7±3.5 | ||||
| Length-for-age z-score) | -1.1±1.3 | -1.9±1.3 | -1.6±1.7 | -1.5±1.6 | ||||
| Weight-for-age z-score) | -1.0±1.2 | -1.5±1.3 | -1.29±1.27 | -1.3±1.2 | ||||
| Weight-for-height z-score) | 0.08±1.5 | -0.3±1.2 | -0.6±1.2 | 0.51±1.2 | ||||
| Head circumference-for-age z-score | 0.2±1.4 | -0.2±1.2 | 0.2±1.4 | 0.15±1.4 | ||||
| Nutritional status | n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % |
| Prevalence of stunting (%) | 29 | 26.6 | 34 | 43.0 | 151 | 39 | 214 | 37.2 |
| Prevalence of wasting (%) | 7 | 6.4 | 4 | 5.1 | 37 | 9.6 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Prevalence of underweight (%) | 26 | 23.9 | 23 | 29.1 | 98 | 25.3 | 147 | 25.6 |
*
Values are mean ± SD