TABLE 1.
Characteristics of mother-infant pairs included in the WAZ analysis sample1
| Characteristic | WAZ analysis sample (n = 1619) |
| Mothers | |
| Age at screening, y | 26.5 ± 5.1 |
| Education beyond primary school, % | 34.9 |
| Married, % | 92.8 |
| First birth, % | 10.4 |
| Height, cm | 156.9 ± 5.5 |
| BMI <18.5, % | 5.0 |
| BMI >25, % | 19.3 |
| Infants | |
| Female sex, % | 48.3 |
| Birth WAZ | −0.55 ± 0.88 |
| Birth LAZ | −0.75 ± 1.01 |
| Birth BMIZ | −0.36 ± 1.08 |
1
Values are means ± SDs or percent. BMIZ, BMI-for-age Z-score; LAZ, length-for-age Z-score; WAZ, weight-for-age Z-score.