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. 2022 Aug 4;10:969617. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.969617

Table 2.

Anthropometrics at ages 6 months and 1 year.

6 months 1 year
BMI a Z score
n (%) 657 (56.9%) 703 (60.9%)
Mean ± SD b −0.7 ± 2.3 −0.7 ± 2.3
Median (Q1 c; Q3d) −0.7 (−1.7; 0.3) −0.6 (−1.6; 0.2)
LFA e Z score
n (%) 662 (57.4%) 710 (61.5%)
Mean ± SD b −1 ± 1.9 −0.9 ± 1.7
Median (Q1 c; Q3 d) −0.9 (−1.8; 0.1) −0.8 (−1.8; 0)
Undernutrition
BMI a Z score < −2 SD b n/N (%) 110/657 (16.7%) 107/703 (15.2%)
95% CI [13.97; 19.82] [12.57; 17.88]
Stunting
LFA e Z score < −2 SD b n/N (%) 135/662 (20.4%) 138/710 (19.4%)
95% CI [17.39; 23.67] [16.53; 22.35]
BMI a Z score delta between 6 months
and 1 year
n 538
Mean −0.01 ± 1.93
Median 0.02
IQR f −0.64; 0.71
P 0.45
LFA e Z score delta between 6 months
and 1 year
n 546
Mean 0.22 ± 1.67
Median 0.01
IQR f −0.51; 0.70
P 0.11
a

Body Mass Index,

b

Standard Deviation,

c

First Quartile,

d

Third Quartile,

e

Length-for-age,

f

Interquartile Range.