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Mean comparison of boys and girls height for age and weight for age in reference to 5th and 50th percentile standards (Kuczmarski et al. 2002). We compared our study sample to a Maasai sample from Tanzania (McCabe et al. 1989, 1992): a) girls weight for age; b) boys weight for age; c) girls height for age; d) boys height for age
