Table 3 Height for age Z-score and BMI for age Z-score from birth time to 6 years old of children in comparison with WHO standards
From: Nutritional status of under six years old children in Kalar city, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Height for age | BMI for age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stunted % | P-value | Wasted % | over weight% | Obese% | *P-value | ||
At birth | Boy | 4.1 | 0.0006 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 4.1 | < 0.0001 |
Girl | 1.23 | 0.0869 | 5.6 | 21.4 | 9.8 | < 0.0001 | |
6 month | Boy | 17.2 | < 0.0001 | 9.6 | 30.1 | 13.3 | < 0.0001 |
Girl | 1.33 | < 0.0001 | 9.5 | 24.6 | 11.6 | < 0.0001 | |
12 month | Boy | 1.7 | 0.2872 | 0.6 | 33.1 | 8.3 | < 0.0001 |
Girl | 0 | < 0.0001 | 2.6 | 32.5 | 13.2 | < 0.0001 | |
24 month | Boy | 5.9 | 0.0773 | 3.9 | 61.4 | 35.3 | < 0.0001 |
Girl | 0.33 | < 0.0001 | 4 | 52.5 | 33.2 | < 0.0001 | |
72 month | Boy | 11.8 | 0.0317 | 3.5 | 59.9 | 38 | < 0.0001 |
Girl | 7.3 | 0.0031 | 5.9 | 47.3 | 25.7 | < 0.0001 | |