Table 1.

Child and family characteristics of MAL-ED cohort

	Median	Interquartile ranges (quartile 1, quartile 3)
n	252
Female child (%)	45·2
Birth order (%)
First born	35·9
2–4 children	47·6
5+ children	16·5
Length for age z-score (at 9 months)	–1·1	–1·8, –0·6
Weight for age z-score (at 9 months)	–0·4	–1·1, 0·2
Weight for height z-score (at 9 months)	0·8	0·1, 1·5
Dietary recalls per child from 9 to 36 months	27	19, 28
WAMI – socio-economic index
Mother’s education (years)	8	6, 10
Sanitation index	0	0, 4
Income (USD)	127	103, 174
Assets index	5	4, 6