Infants with microcephaly due to ZIKA virus exposure: nutritional status and food practices

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Differences between the means of weight-for-age, height-for-age and head circumference-for-age z-scores at birth and 12–23 months of infants with microcephaly treated at the IFF/FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June–December 2017

Variable	N	Mean	P-value¹
W/A z-score² at birth	64	−1.11	0.017
W/A z-score² at the nutritional consultation⁵	64	−1.62	0.017
H/A z-score³ at birth	64	−0.93	< 0.000
H/A z-score³ at the nutritional consultation	64	−1.94	< 0.000
HC/A z-score⁴ at birth	65	−3.14	< 0.000
HC/A z-score⁴ at the nutritional consultation⁵	65	−5.43	< 0.000

¹Paired Student’s t-test; ²weight-for-age; ³height-for-age; ⁴head circumference-for-age; ⁵12–23 months of age

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