Using height-for-age differences (HAD) instead of height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) for the meaningful measurement of population-level catch-up in linear growth in children less than 5 years of age

Table 1 DHS and Young Lives data sets analyzed

Type of survey and country	Survey	Age range	Observations included in the analyses
	(Year)	(Months)	(N)	(Proportion of total)
DHS
Bangladesh	2011	0–59	7635	0.87
Benin	2006	0–59	12126	0.75
Ethiopia	2003	0–59	9450	0.81
Guatemala	1999	0–59	3860	0.78
India	2006	0–59	41327	0.80
Peru	2012	0–59	9219	0.96
Young Lives
Ethiopia	2002	6–15	520	0.90
Ethiopia	2006	55–59	520	0.90
India	2002	6–18	240	0.93
India	2006	55–59	240	0.93
Peru	2002	5–12	393	0.95
Peru	2006	53–59	393	0.95
Vietnam	2002	4–15	332	0.94
Vietnam	2006	50–59	332	0.94

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