Table 1.

World Health Organization cut‐offs for wasting (−2 SD) expressed in percentiles and z‐scores of the Czech growth reference for boys and girls

Length/height*	Boys		Girls
	Percentile	Z‐score	Percentiles	Z‐score
50	9.0	−1.34	9.9	−1.29
52	9.9	−1.29	12.3	−1.16
54	10.0	−1.28	13.6	−1.10
56	14.0	−1.08	14.2	−1.07
58	16.9	−0.96	17.1	−0.95
60	18.7	−0.89	18.7	−0.89
62	19.5	−0.86	14.5	−1.06
64	15.9	−1.00	10.6	−1.25
66	12.3	−1.16	7.6	−1.43
68	9.5	−1.31	5.7	−1.58
70	7.4	−1.45	3.1	−1.87
72	5.8	−1.58	2.5	−1.96
74	3.5	−1.81	1.5	−2.17
76	2.9	−1.89	1.0	−2.34
78	1.9	−2.07	0.7	−2.48
80	1.3	−2.22	0.6	−2.51
82	0.9	−2.36	0.6	−2.53
84	0.9	−2.36	0.7	−2.48
86	0.9	−2.35	0.1	−2.21
88	1.3	−2.23	1.1	−2.29
90	1.7	−2.12	1.1	−2.29
92	1.7	−2.13	1.5	−2.18
94	1.6	−2.14	1.4	−2.20
96	1.5	−2.17	1.3	−2.23
98	1.7	−2.20	1.2	−2.27
100	1.6	−2.15	1.4	−2.21
102	1.7	−2.11	1.5	−2.17
104	1.5	−2.18	1.6	−2.14
106	1.5	−1.17	1.7	−2.12
108	1.9	−2.08	2.2	−2.02
110	1.8	−2.10	2.6	−1.94

SD, standard deviation. *Length < 90 cm; height ≥ 90 cm.