Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Biol. 2021 Aug 3;48(4):346–349. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1951351

Table 1:

Toddler age and z-scores by sex at 18–25 months

Girls Boys All



Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n Mean (SD) n

Age (months) 21.35 (1.43) 49 21.27 (1.58) 58 21.31 (1.51) 107
Height-for-age z-score −0.64 (1.08) 48 −0.97 (1.11) 58 −0.82 (1.11) 106
Weight-for-age z-score 0.70 (1.02) 48 0.44 (1.00) 58 0.56 (1.02) 106
Weight-for-height z-score 1.34 (1.02) 48 1.23 (0.92) 58 1.28 (0.96) 106
BMI-for-age z-score 1.51 (1.04) 48 1.45 (0.92) 58 1.48 (0.97) 106
Head circumference-for-age z-score 0.80 (1.18) 49 0.38 (1.29) 58 0.57 (1.25) 107
MUAC-for-age z-score 1.14 (1.00) 49 1.20 (1.20) 58 1.17 (1.11) 107
Subscapular skinfold-for-age z-score 1.29 (0.93) 47 1.09 (0.98) 58 1.18 (0.96) 105
Triceps skinfold-for-age z-score 0.67 (1.05) 48 0.38 (0.95) 58 0.51 (1.00) 106