Pilot testing of WHO Child Growth Standards in Chandigarh: implications for India’s child health programmes
Shankar Prinja, Jarnail Singh Thakur & Satpal Singh Bhatia
Volume 87, Number 2, February 2009, 116-122
Table 1. Nutritional status in children 0–5 years of age in Chandigarh, India, according to WHO Child Growth Standards and IAP standards
| Age in months | Underweighta |
Severe underweightb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHO | IAP | Difference | WHO | IAP | Difference | ||
| % (95% CI) | % | (WHO – IAP) | % (95% CI) | % | (WHO – IAP) | ||
| 0–5 | 22.0 (13.6–29.2) | 14.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 (1.7–14) | 2.4 | 5.5 | |
| 6–11 | 31.4 (19.8–43) | 38.7 | –7.3 | 10.0 (2.3–17.7) | 1.3 | 8.7 | |
| 12–23 | 34.3 (26.1–42.4) | 56 | –21.7* | 13.3 (7.4–19.2) | 7.8 | 5.5 | |
| 24–35 | 43.6 (35.3–51.9) | 49.6 | –6 | 15.4 (9.3–21.6) | 2.8 | 12.6* | |
| 36–47 | 37.3 (28.8–45.9) | 49.6 | –12.3** | 10.4 (4.3–16) | 1.4 | 9* | |
| 48–60 | 40.3 (32.2–48.3) | 59.2 | –18.9* | 15.6 (9.5–21.6) | 2.6 | 13* | |
| Overall | 35.7 (32.2–39.2) | 50.2 | –14.5* | 12.7 (10.2–15.2) | 3.3 | 9.4* | |
*P < 0.001, **P < 0.05.CI, confidence interval; IAP, Indian Academy of Paediatrics.
a Z score < –2.
b Z score < –3.