Table 4 Anthropometric characteristics of study participants (N = 2038)

Height-for-age (HAZ)^a

All children 1– < 18 years (N = 983)

n (%)

1– < 5 years (N = 267)

n (%)

5– < 10 years (N = 365)

n (%)

≥ 10 years (N = 351)

n (%)

Mean HAZ (SD)^a

-2.25 (1.22)^a

Not stunted

391 (40)

105 (39)

164 (45)

122 (35)

Moderately stunted

347 (35)

89 (33)

132 (36)

126 (36)

Severely stunted

245 (25)

73 (27)

69 (19)

103 (29)

Weight-for-age (WAZ)^b

All children 1– < 10 years (N = 639)

n (%)

1– < 5 years

(N = 268)

n (%)

Mean WAZ (SD)^b

-2.19 (1.03)^a

Not underweight

257 (40)

124 (46)

Moderately underweight

253 (40)

108 (40)

Severely underweight

129 (20)

36 (13)

BMI-for-age (BMIZ)^a

All children 1– < 18 years (N = 985)

n (%)

1– < 5 years (N = 266)

n (%)

5– < 10 years (N = 369)

n (%)

≥ 10 years (N = 350)

n (%)

Mean BMIZ (SD)^a

-1.19 (1.03)^a

Not wasted

796 (81)

242 (91)

308 (84)

246 (70)

Moderately wasted

145 (15)

20 (7.5)

47 (13)

78 (22)

Severely wasted

44 (4.5)

4 (1.5)

14 (3.8)

26 (7.4)