Height-for-age and weight-for-age growth charts for Pakistani infants under six months: derived from a novel case selection method using multiple indicator cluster survey data

Aasim, Muhammad; Chand, Sohail

doi:10.1186/s12874-023-02116-y

Table 1 Cases Selected for Each Age (in Weeks) with Descriptive Measures for Weight and Height, Stratified by Gender

From: Height-for-age and weight-for-age growth charts for Pakistani infants under six months: derived from a novel case selection method using multiple indicator cluster survey data

Age (weeks)	Male				Female
	Weight (kg)		Height (cm)		Weight (kg)		Height (cm)
	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD
1	74	3.26 ± 0.82	73	48.74 ± 5.22	104	3.22 ± 0.76	103	48.87 ± 4.85
2	97	3.42 ± 0.84	96	49.53 ± 5.23	99	3.3 ± 0.73	103	49.35 ± 5.63
3	83	3.64 ± 0.71	84	51.35 ± 3.59	92	3.42 ± 0.78	91	50.65 ± 5.37
4	79	3.87 ± 0.81	78	51.65 ± 4.43	82	3.74 ± 0.80	83	51.90 ± 4.43
5	84	3.96 ± 0.93	85	53.22 ± 5.26	68	3.72 ± 0.69	70	53.18 ± 5.69
6	68	3.93 ± 0.87	69	52.84 ± 3.95	76	4.08 ± 0.78	73	53.33 ± 5.03
7	82	4.48 ± 0.87	80	54.76 ± 4.44	73	4.42 ± 1.09	69	54.18 ± 4.49
8	70	4.34 ± 1.04	70	54.53 ± 4.11	75	4.39 ± 0.98	70	55.08 ± 4.18
9	71	4.77 ± 1.02	69	55.98 ± 4.7	75	4.39 ± 0.82	75	54.80 ± 3.82
10	69	5.06 ± 0.85	71	56.36 ± 4.23	71	4.51 ± 1.12	70	55.51 ± 5.20
11	83	4.98 ± 0.93	81	57.52 ± 4.52	71	4.80 ± 0.96	72	56.78 ± 4.71
12	68	5.05 ± 0.92	68	56.53 ± 4.10	71	4.78 ± 1.02	69	57.47 ± 4.54
13	82	5.29 ± 1.19	80	58.99 ± 4.58	55	5.18 ± 1.24	54	58.12 ± 5.55
14	60	5.44 ± 1.20	58	58.94 ± 5.49	74	5.07 ± 1.07	75	56.39 ± 4.90
15	62	5.63 ± 1.11	61	60.1 ± 4.74	52	5.25 ± 1.05	52	59.6 ± 3.86
16	81	6.04 ± 1.19	77	61.25 ± 4.93	71	5.51 ± 1.15	70	58.31 ± 4.69
17	63	5.78 ± 1.12	63	59.61 ± 4.98	70	5.65 ± 1.29	69	60.25 ± 4.64
18	59	5.94 ± 1.04	58	61.04 ± 4.50	59	5.57 ± 1.01	58	60.01 ± 3.53
19	62	6.2 ± 1.22	65	62.08 ± 4.08	70	5.77 ± 1.22	68	59.93 ± 5.1
20	65	6.07 ± 1.14	66	60.98 ± 4.53	53	5.77 ± 1.24	53	60.46 ± 4.14
21	58	6.52 ± 0.89	59	63.92 ± 4.21	67	6.04 ± 1.13	66	62.52 ± 4.02
22	59	6.29 ± 1.01	60	62.68 ± 4.32	68	6.18 ± 1.15	68	62.40 ± 4.32
23	58	6.47 ± 1.30	58	63.08 ± 5.73	36	6.29 ± 1.14	35	63.10 ± 3.32
24	47	6.47 ± 1.32	47	63.56 ± 4.67	43	6.32 ± 1.49	42	63.55 ± 6.67
25	54	6.68 ± 1.20	53	64.91 ± 4.05	41	6.06 ± 1.08	42	60.35 ± 4.81
26	30	6.92 ± 1.41	30	65.07 ± 4.00	56	6.19 ± 1.25	56	63.54 ± 6.07
Overall	1768	5.08 ± 1.48	1759	57.33 ± 6.57	1772	4.8 ± 1.43	1756	56.43 ± 6.53

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