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Table 1 Anthropometry measures at discharge, (Lilongwe District, Malawi Feb 2011 to March 2012)

From: Does treatment of short or stunted children aged 6–59 months for severe acute malnutrition using ready to use therapeutic food make them overweight? Data from Malawi

 

Count (%) in each z-score class

Summary

Index

z < − 2

- 2 ≤ z ≤ 2

z > 2

All

Median z

IQR

W/H

0 (0.0%)

163 (100.0%)

0 (0.0%)

163 (100.0%)

−0.50

− 0.98 to − 0.12

W/A

112 (68.3%)

51 (31.7%)

0 (0.0%)

163 (100.0%)

−2.37

− 2.91 to −1.87

TSF/A

8 (4.9%)

155 (95.1%)

0 (0.0%)

163 (100.0%)

−0.76

−1.35 to − 0.36

AFI/A

1 (0.6%)

162 (99.4%)

0 (0.0%)

163 (100.0%)

−0.65

−1.06 to − 0.29