Percentage of children (6–59 months) classified as undernourished based on anthropometric z-scores (n = 187)a | |||||||||
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 | Weight-for-height | Weight-for-age | Height-for-age | ||||||
% < -3SD | % < -2SD | Z-scoreb | % < -3SD | % < -2SD | Z-score | % < -3SD | % < -2SD | Z-score | |
Age group (months) | |||||||||
 6–11 (n = 27) | 0.0 | 7.4 | −0.1 ± 1.0 | 6.1 | 25.9 | −0.6 ± 1.2 | 11.1 | 44.4 | 0.9 ± 1.5 |
 12–23 (n = 72) | 1.4 | 12.5 | −0.4 ± 1.1 | 4.2 | 16.7 | −1.0 ± 0.9 | 4.2 | 38.8 | −1.1 ± 1.2 |
 24–35 (n = 43) | 2.3 | 13.9 | −0.4 ± 1.1 | 6.9 | 9.3 | −0.9 ± 1.1 | 6.9 | 30.2 | −1.1 ± 1.1 |
 36–47 (n = 28) | 3.6 | 3.6 | −0.2 ± 0.9 | 0.0 | 14.3 | −0.7 ± 0.8 | 3.6 | 21.4 | −0.9 ± 1.0 |
 48–59 (n = 17) | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.1 ± 0.8 | 5.8 | 11.7 | −0.9 ± 1.0 | 11.7 | 29.4 | −1.3 ± 1.0 |
Total % of children | 1.6 | 9.6 | −0.3 ± 1.0 | 3.2 | 18.2 | 0.8 ± 1.0 | 6.4 | 34.2 | −1.1 ± 1.2 |