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Table 1 Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the children enrolled in the study

From: Evaluation of the Mercy weight estimation method in Ouelessebougou, Mali

Number of subjects enrolled

473

Male

46.7%

Age (yr)

8.1 ± 4.8

Weight (kg)

25.1 ± 14.5

Height (cm)

120.9 ± 29.5

Humerus (cm)

25.3 ± 6.8

MUAC (cm)

17.8 ± 3.7

BMI (kg/m2)

15.6 ± 2.4

BMI percentile

23.1 ± 23.5

  Infant

11.7%

  Underweight

21.8%

  Normal

64.8%

  Overweight

1.3%

  Obese

0.4%

  1. All data are provided as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.