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Table 2 Anthropometric parameters (mean ± SD) N = 612 (Z-scores calculated using WHO standards)[26]

From: Determinants of rapid weight gain during infancy: baseline results from the NOURISH randomised controlled trial

Timepoint

Anthropometric measure

Mean ± SD

Birth

Weight (kg)

3.5 ± 0.4

 

Weight Z-score

0.38 ± 0.87

Assessment

Age (months)

4.3 ± 1.0

 

Weight (kg)

6.8 ± 1.0

 

Length (cm)

64.1 ± 3.1

 

Weight-for-age Z-score

-0.04 ± 0.92

 

Length-for-age Z-score

0.33 ±0.98

 

Weight-for-length Z-score

-0.28 ±1.0

 

BMI-for-age Z-score

-0.31 ±0.97

 

Weight gain from birth to assessment (kg)

3.3 ± 1.0