Table 4 Trends in Z scores of Anthropometric parameters
From: Dynamics of growth and weight transitions in a pediatric cohort from India
Group | Mean Z-height | Mean Z-weight | Mean Z-BMI | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 2003 | 2005 | sig* | 2003 | 2005 | sig* | 2003 | 2005 | sig* | |
All | 12129 | -0.81 (1.02) | -0.79 (0.99) | < 0.001 | -1.31 (1.27) | -1.09 (1.25) | < 0.001 | -0.80 (0.88) | -0.67 (0.88) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 5240 | -0.94 (0.99) | -0.94 (0.95) | 0.823 | -1.57 (1.18) | -1.36 (1.18) | < 0.001 | -0.97 (0.75) | -0.83 (0.77) | < 0.001 |
Urban | 6889 | -0.72 (1.03) | -0.68 (1.01) | < 0.001 | -1.12 (1.31) | -0.90 (1.26) | < 0.001 | -0.67 (0.94) | -0.54 (0.94) | < 0.001 |
sig** | < 0.001 | 0.416 | 0.887 | |||||||
Govt | 9358 | -0.96 (0.98) | -0.96 (0.94) | 0.488 | -1.54 (1.20) | -1.31 (1.19) | < 0.001 | -0.94 (0.76) | -0.79 (0.78) | < 0.001 |
Pvt | 2771 | -0.31 (0.96) | -0.24 (0.95) | < 0.001 | -0.54 (1.22) | -0.38 (1.19) | < 0.001 | -0.33 (1.06) | -0.25 (1.05) | < 0.001 |
sig** | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||
Boys | 5847 | -0.79 (1.02) | -0.74 (1.02) | < 0.001 | -1.38 (1.34) | -1.15 (1.29) | < 0.001 | -0.84 (0.92) | -0.71 (0.94) | < 0.001 |
Girls | 6282 | -0.83 (1.01) | -0.85 (0.97) | < 0.008 | -1.25 (1.21) | -1.05 (1.20) | < 0.001 | -0.76 (0.83) | -0.63 (0.83) | < 0.001 |
sig** | < 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.602 | |||||||