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Table 2 Descriptive summary of the adj-FPC2 score stratified by FPC1 score according to the WHO growth standardsa

From: Characterizing early child growth patterns of height-for-age in an urban slum cohort of Bangladesh with functional principal component analysis

  

Boys

Girls

Stratum

WHO Standard (percentile)

No. of Subjects (%)

adj-FPC2b

No. of Subjects (%)

adj-FPC2b

Stratum 1

2

117 (43.3)

2.04 ± 1.21

92 (40.9)

2.33 ± 0.58

Stratum 2

5

41 (15.2)

1.92 ± 0.98

36 (16.0)

2.23 ± 0.58

Stratum 3

10

41 (15.2)

1.49 ± 1.28

38 (16.9)

2.09 ± 0.48

Stratum 4

25

39 (14.4)

1.68 ± 1.16

36 (16.0)

1.61 ± 0.45

Stratum 5c

50-98

32 (11.9)

1.04 ± 1.22

23 (10.2)

1.47 ± 0.61

  1. Abbreviations: adj-FPC2 adjusted FPC2 score, WHO World Health Organization
  2. aData reported as mean ± SD or number (%)
  3. bAdj-FPC2 score in each stratum was calculated as the difference of FPC2 score and corresponding stratum-specific WHO reference FPC2 score, where strata were defined based on the magnitude of FPC1 score with respect to the WHO reference FPC1 score
  4. cStratum 5 represents children who were classified into the strata of 50th to 98th percentiles because of the few children in these strata
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