Table 2.

Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) measures at ages 1 year, 5 years and 8 years, and changes in HAZ between these ages, by country, among children (n 7171) in four low- and middle-income countries; the Young Lives study

	Ethiopia (n 1710)			India (n 1796)			Peru (n 1835)			Vietnam (n 1830)
	Mean	sd	Range	Mean	sd	Range	Mean	sd	Range	Mean	sd	Range
HAZ, round 1 (age 1 year)	−1·51	1·58	−4·98, 4·59	−1·30	1·35	−4·87, 4·61	−1·29	1·22	−4·95, 3·23	−1·08	1·15	−4·94, 3·81
HAZ, round 2 (age 5 years)	−1·46	1·04	−4·84, 2·00	−1·63	0·95	−4·71, 3·13	−1·51	1·08	−4·61, 2·05	−1·33	1·01	−4·65, 2·87
HAZ, round 3 (age 8 years)	−1·21	1·00	−4·87, 3·56	−1·43	0·99	−4·87, 2·21	−1·13	1·02	−4·29, 2·17	−1·09	1·03	−4·50, 2·88
HAZ change, rounds 1 to 2	0·27	1·35	−3·84, 3·92	−0·32	1·11	−3·99, 3·89	−0·19	0·90	−3·78, 3·51	−0·21	0·72	−3·58, 3·52
HAZ change, rounds 2 to 3	0·25	0·78	−2·56, 3·99	0·19	0·62	−3·23, 3·93	0·38	0·62	−2·31, 3·62	0·24	0·55	−3·42, 3·40
	%		%					%								%
Stunting (HAZ<−2·0)
Round 1 (age 1 year)		45·5			29·3			27·9			21·2
Round 2 (age 5 years)		30·4			34·6			32·3			24·2
Round 3 (age 8 years)		20·1			28·5			19·6			19·2