Table 1.

Anthropometric measurements of under-five children grouped by months (all sample)

	At birth	3–6 months	7–12 months	13–24 months	25–36 months	37–48 months	49–59 months
Weight, mean SD (Kg)	3.01 ± 0.46	7.1 ± 1.0	8.9 ± 1.3	11.8 ± 1.5	13.8 ± 1.9	15.9 ± 2.4	18.0 ± 3.1
Height, mean SD (cm)	49.4 ± 2.2	64,6 ± 2.8	72.9 ± 3.5	84.5 ± 4.0	93.4 ± 4.4	100.3 ± 5.0	107.2 ± 5.1
Weight for age z-score (WAZ)	−0.64 ± 1.0	− 0.74 ± 1.0	− 0.49 ± 1.6	− 0.11 ± 1.1	−0.21 ± 1.1	−0.27 ± 1.2	−0.22 ± 1.1
Length/Height for age z-score (LAZ/HAZ)	0.47 ± 1.2	−1.00 ± 1.0	− 0.92 ± 2.0	− 0.70 ± 1.2	−0.56 ± 1.1	−0.69 ± 1.2	−0.52 ± 0.9
Weight for height z-score (WHZ)	−0.85 ± 1.2	0.04 ± 1.0	− 0.06 ± 1.0	0.32 ± 1.0	0.15 ± 1.0	0.2 ± 1.0	0.09 ± 1.1