Table 3.
Comparison of Anthropometric Parameters Between Infants With and Without Anemia.
| Infant age (months) | Weight-for-age Z-score | Length-for-age Z-score | Weight-for-length Z-score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia | Non anemia | P-value | Anemia | Non anemia | P-value | Anemia | Non anemia | P-value | |
| 2 | −0.22 (−0.79, 1.22) | 0.05 (−0.62, 0.27) | .43 | −0.29 (−0.73, 0.32) | −0.33 (−1.19, 0.68) | .70 | 0.02 (−0.69, 0.60) | 0.01 (−0.72, 0.80) | .57 |
| 4 | −0.30 (−0.77, 0.15) | −0.21 (−0.77, 0.62) | .34 | −0.21 (−0.88, 0.24) | −0.36 (−0.89, 0.68) | .69 | 0.06 (−0.74, 0.51) | 0.08 (−0.72, 0.67) | .56 |
| 6 | −0.39 (−0.78, 0.29) | −0.15 (−0.74, 0.48) | .26 | −0.43 (−0.93, 0.16) | −0.29 (−0.71,0.35) | .28 | 0.06 (−0.59, 0.61) | −0.04 (−0.58,0.77) | .46 |
| 9 | −0.43 (−0.92, 0.24) | −0.19 (−0.94, 0.39) | .37 | −0.39 (−0.89, 0.1) | −0.44 (−1.14, 0.25) | .37 | −0.17 (−0.73, 0.63) | −0.16 (−0.48, 0.61) | .42 |
Data presented as median (interquartile range).