Table 3. Distribution of Stunting (Height-for-Age) in Three Studies Based on Gender a.
| Study Year | Height-for-Age (Z-Score) b | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fars-Native | Turkman | Sistani | Total | |||||||||
| < -3 SD | -2 SD to ≤ 3 SD | > -2 SD | < -3 SD | -2SD to ≤3 SD | > -2 SD | < -3 SD | -2 SD to ≤ 3 SD | >-2SD | < -3 SD | -2SD to ≤3 SD | > -2 SD | |
| Male | ||||||||||||
| 1998 (1161) | 42 (18.8) | 43 (19.2) | 139 (62.0) | 11 (2.3) | 23 (4.8) | 446 (92.9) | 143 (31.3) | 121 (26.5) | 193 (42.2) | 196 (16.9) | 187 (16.1) | 778 (67.0) |
| 2004 (1429) | 6 (1.9) | 14 (4.4) | 301 (93.7) | 5 (0.9) | 18 (3.2) | 535 (95.9) | 48 (8.7) | 89 (16.2) | 413 (75.1) | 59 (4.1) | 121 (8.5) | 1249 (87.4) |
| 2013 (1262) | 15 (4.5) | 23 (6.9) | 293 (88.6) | 47 (9.1) | 39 (7.5) | 432 (83.4) | 41 (9.5) | 40 (9.3) | 350 (81.2) | 103 (8.0) | 102 (8.0) | 1057 (84.0) |
| P Value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||||||||
| Female | ||||||||||||
| 1998 (1178) | 33 (14.4) | 61 (26.6) | 135 (59.0) | 12 (2.8) | 25 (5.8) | 392 (91.4) | 141 (27.1) | 113 (21.7) | 266 (51.2) | 186 (15.8) | 199 (16.9) | 793 (67.3) |
| 2004 (1320) | 4 (1.4) | 11 (3.9) | 266 (95.7) | 3 (0.7) | 14 (3.0) | 443 (96.3) | 54 (9.3) | 103 (17.8) | 422 (72.9) | 61 (4.6) | 128 (9.7) | 1131 (75.7) |
| 2013 (1207) | 13 (4.3) | 18 (6.0) | 268 (89.7) | 37 (7.8) | 38 (8.1) | 397 (84.1) | 31 (7.1) | 48 (11.0) | 357 (81.9) | 81 (6.7) | 104 (8.6) | 1022 (84.7) |
| P Value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||||||||
| Total | ||||||||||||
| 1998 (2339) | 75 (16.6) | 104 (23.0) | 274 (60.4) | 23 (2.5) | 48 (5.3) | 838 (92.2) | 284 (29.1) | 234 (24.0) | 459 (46.9) | 382 (16.3) | 386 (16.5) | 1571 (67.2) |
| 2004 (2749) | 10 (1.7) | 25 (4.2) | 567 (94.1) | 8 (0.8) | 32 (3.1) | 978 (96.1) | 102 (9.0) | 192 (17.0) | 835 (74.0) | 120 (4.4) | 249 (9.1) | 2380 (86.5) |
| 2013 (2487) | 28 (4.4) | 41 (6.5) | 561 (89.1) | 84 (8.5) | 77 (7.8) | 829 (83.7) | 72 (8.3) | 88 (10.1) | 707 (81.6) | 184 (7.4) | 206 (8.3) | 2097 (15.7) |
| P Value | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | |||||||||
a Chi-2 test was used between > -2 SD and others.
b Values are presented as No. (%).