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Table 3 Underweight, stunting and wasting in first year of life

From: Adherence to management guidelines for growth faltering and anaemia in remote dwelling Australian Aboriginal infants and barriers to health service delivery

Anthropometric measure

Infants

Proportion of cohort with overall mean Z-score ≤ −2 for first year of life

Proportion of cohort with at least 1 episode of Z-score ≤ −2 in first year of life

Underweight (weight for age)

372

55 (14.8%)

122 (32.8%)

Stunted (length for age)

354

58 (16.4%)

97 (27.4%)

Wasted (weight for length)

354

19 (5.4%)

65 (18.3%)