Table 2.

Anthropometric characteristics of the sample

Characteristic	Number of subjects	Mean	SD	Median
Weight‐for‐age Z‐scorea	127	−1.57	1.48	−1.53
Height‐for‐age Z‐scoreb	128	−1.57	1.57	−1.50
BMI‐for‐age Z‐scorec	131	−0.92	1.56	−0.94
Weight‐for‐height Z‐scored	94	−0.84	1.41	−0.68
Mid‐upper arm circumference Z‐scored	94	−0.38	1.17	−0.33
Head circumference Z‐scored	94	−1.08	2.00	−0.92

Mean, standard deviation and medians of Z‐scores of respective indicator. See Table S1 for definition of anthropometric indicators.

^aFour children were excluded because of outlier values and four children were >10 years.

^bSeven children were omitted because of outlier values.

^cFour children were omitted because of outlier values.

^dOnly children ≤5 years old were included.