Figure 1.
(Left) The predicted difference in length (bottom axis) and length-for-age z-score (LAZ) (top axis) and (right) weight (bottom axis) and weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) (top axis) at 24 months between scenarios that alter potential risk factors and a scenario based on the average experience of children in the cohort. Absolute length and weight were converted into Z-scores using the WHO Growth Standards.17 The high and low scenarios are based on changing the named variable(s) to the 90th and 10th percentiles of their observed distribution respectively while holding all other variables at their mean level. BF refers to % days of full breast feeding from 0 to 5 months, and complementary food refers to the % of days fed animal milks and dairy between 3 and 8 months, and energy and (energy-adjusted) protein intakes from non-breast milk foods from 9 to 24 months. Horizontal lines indicate the 95% CI around the mean differences. The grey vertical bars indicate the 95% CI around the average estimate (which has 0 difference from itself). Site-specific models used 10th and 90th percentiles for risk factors that were specific to the site. Sites: BGD, Bangladesh (Dhaka); INV, India (Vellore); NEB, Nepal (Bhaktapur); BRF, Brazil (Fortaleza); PEL, Peru (Loreto); SAV, South Africa (Venda); TZH, Tanzania (Haydom).