Table II.
Losses to follow-up and exclusions from analysis
| Brazil | Guatemala | India | Philippines | South Africa | All sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of births | 5913 | 1041 | 7530 | 3080 | 3273 | 20 837 |
| Missing adult height (not followed up) | 1727 | 456 | 6006 | 1043 | 1338 | 10 570 |
| Missing GA (unable to compute preterm status) | 823 | 135 | 146 | 16 | 39 | 1159 |
| Missing birth weight (unable to compute size for GA status) | 1 | 11 | 73 | 31 | 3 | 119 |
| Missing length at 12 mo (unable to estimate growth in first year of life) | 2463 | 27 | 244 | 116 | 974 | 3824 |
| Missing length at 24 mo (unable to compute growth in second year of life) | 54 | 26 | 55 | 33 | 243 | 411 |
| Missing length at mid-childhood (unable to compute growth in mid-childhood) | 41 | 107 | 10 | 13 | 65 | 236 |
| Subjects included in the study | 804 | 279 | 996 | 1828 | 611 | 4518 |