Table 2.

Mean anthropometric scores at 24 m according to the 5 pre hoc SES categories

Variable	Mean per SES category					P value for trend
	1 upper	2 upper-middle	3 middle	4 lower-middle	5 lower
N	19	46	72	65	28
HAZ score	− 0.67 3,4,5	− 1.58	− 1.69 1	− 2.16 1	− 2.23 1	< 0.001
% stunted	26	37	44	54	54
WAZ score	− 0.90	− 1.20	− 1.35	− 1.67	− 1.64	< 0.001
% underweight	31	17	19	34	43
WHZ score	− 0.63	− 0.56	− 0.63	− 0.77	− 0.68	0.255
% wasted	10	4	4	9	4
Mothers’ heights	159.6	162.0	164.0	161.3	161.9	0.014
Fathers’ heights	173.5 4	171.3 4	170.6	167.8 1,2	170.4	< 0.001

Superscripts indicate the SES groups against which values are significantly different at P < 0.01 by Scheffé’s post hoc test. For the children’s anthropometry, their parents’ heights were included in the model. Child sex was also included in the model