. 2021 Sep 9;16(9):e0257055. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257055

Table 2. Dwelling-specific distributions and comparison of children characteristics (n = 330).

Characteristic	Bogra = 149	Nagaon = 29	Kurigram (n = 152)
Characteristic	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age (Months)	78.19 (26.44)^a	80.49 (30.74)^a	97.53 (30.62)^b
Family Income (BDT)	9474.49 (6926.11)^a	11793.10 (6470.42)^a	8664.47 (9127.10)^b
Weight (kg)	17.023 (5.431)^a	17.482 (6.537)^a	26.12 (9.44)^b
Height (cm)	112.35 (15.17)^a	113.220 (19.438)^a	123.34 (17.34)^b
MUAC (mm)	158.148 (19.493)	162.724 (22.459)	162.57 (15.38)
Skin-fold Thickness (mm)
Triceps	4.804 (1.518)^a	4.687 (1.391)^ac	4.07 (1.28)^bc
Biceps	2.82 (1.07)^a	2.643 (0.791)^a	3.33 (1.09)^b
Subscapular	3.978 (1.542)^a	4.637 (2.373)^a	3.04 (0.90)^b
Suprailiac	2.770 (1.013)^a	2.967 (1.544)^a	2.21 (0.53)^b
Sum of Skin-fold	14.38 (4.31)^a	14.94 (5.06)^ac	12.64 (2.97)^bc
Thickness (mm)
BMI (kg/m²)	13.27 (2.20)^a	13.30 (2.18)^a	16.90 (3.39)^b
Fat Mass (kg)	2.34 (0.90)^a	2.43 (1.06)^a	3.57 (1.45)^b
Percent Body Fat	13.69 (1.51)	13.68 (1.42)	13.56 (1.26)
Fat Free Mass (kg)	14.68 (4.62)^a	15.05 (5.52)^a	22.56 (8.04)^b
FFMI (Kg/m²)	11.45 (1.83)^a	11.48 (1.92)^a	14.61 (2.95)^b
FMI (kg/m²)	1.83 (0.44)^a	1.82 (0.34)^a	2.29 (0.50)^b
FFM/FM Ratio	6.38 (0.72)	6.38 (0.72)	6.43 (0.65)
Arm Muscle Area (mm²)	1655.0 (403.79)^a	1775.4 (482.47)^ac	1801.4 (341.30)^bc
Arm Fat Area (mm²)	365.34 (148.74)^a	370.50 (136.21)^ac	320.34 (114.41)^bc

N.B. Each row with different superscript is significantly different, BMI = Body Mass Index

FFMI = Fat Free Mass Index, FMI = Fat Mass Index, MUAC = Mid Upper Arm Circumference