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Table 2 Number (N) of children with Congenital Zika Syndromea, with registered anthropometric measurements, and number (n) and proportion (%) of those who had deficit (z-score < − 2SD) for the Weight/Age (W/A), Length/Age (L/A), Weight/Length (W/L) and Head Circumference/ Age (HC/A), according to sex and age. Bahiab, Brazil, November 2017

From: Cross-sectional study of the anthropometric characteristics of children with congenital Zika syndrome up to 12 months of life

Age (months)

Anthropometric indexes

W/A

L/A

W/L

HC/A

N

< -2SD

N

< −2SD

N

< −2SD

N

< −2SD

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

0c

45

9

20.0

28

11

39.3

22

5

22.7

34

26

76.5

1

25

2

8.0

16

5

31.3

15

1

6.7

20

17

85.0

2

13

3

23.1

8

5

62.5

8

1

12.5

9

9

100.0

3

15

3

20.0

10

5

50.0

10

1

10.0

12

10

83.3

4

17

5

29.4

9

3

33.3

9

-

-

14

12

85.7

5

17

5

29.4

13

4

30.8

11

1

9.1

12

9

75.0

6

19

4

21.1

11

4

36.4

11

-

-

13

13

100.0

7

12

2

16.7

8

3

37.5

8

-

-

6

4

66.7

8

10

4

40.0

6

4

66.7

6

1

16.7

7

6

85.7

9

18

4

22.2

13

4

30.8

13

1

7.7

15

13

86.7

10

12

3

25.0

8

4

50.0

8

-

-

8

8

100.0

11

8

-

-

7

3

42.9

7

-

-

6

6

100.0

12

15

2

13.3

14

4

28.6

14

2

14.3

12

11

91.7

Total

226

46

20.4

151

59

39.1

142

13

9.2

168

144

85.7

  1. SD standard deviation, N number of children with available anthropometric measurements, at each age (in months), in medical records, n number of children with anthropometric index equivalent to a value less than − 2 SD according to age and sex
  2. aChildren born between October 2015 and May 2017
  3. bOnly 22 municipalities
  4. cAt birth