Table 3 Mean and standard deviations of WAZ, HAZ, WHZ, and BMI scores by age and sex
From: Nutritional status of preschool children attending kindergartens in Kosovo
Age groups (months) | Female | Male | Total | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Weight for age (z-scores) | |||||||
12–23 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.979 |
24–35 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.700 |
36–47 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.200 |
48–59 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.278 |
60–71 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.572 |
72–83 | 0.6 | 0.9 | −0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.196 |
Height for age (z-scores) | |||||||
12–23 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.664 |
24–35 | 0.3 | 1.5 | −0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.191 |
36–47 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.524 |
48–59 | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.418 |
60–71 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.640 |
72–83 | 0.4 | 1.1 | −0.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.179 |
Weight for height (z-scores) | |||||||
12–23 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.207 |
24–35 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.458 |
36–47 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.233 |
48–59 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.634 |
60–71 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.904 |
BMI for age (z-scores) | |||||||
12–23 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.123 |
24–35 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.520 |
36–47 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.266 |
48–59 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.524 |
60–71 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.663 |
72–83 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.427 |