Table 1 Sex- and age-specific z-score (HAZ, WAZ, BMIAZ) for rural Zambian children
From: Evaluation of the nutritional status of rural children living in Zambia
n | Boys | n | Girls | P | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | z < − 2 (%) | Mean | SD | z < − 2 (%) | ||||
HAZ | 576 | − 1.57 | 1.20 | 36.5 | 559 | − 1.31 | 1.28 | 26.5 | < 0.001 |
WAZ | 576 | − 1.42 | 1.24 | 30.4 | 559 | − 1.12 | 1.28 | 19.7 | < 0.0001 |
BMIAZ | 576 | − 0.53 | 1.12 | 7.1 | 559 | − 0.30 | 1.02 | 5.2 | < 0.001 |