Table 5 Comparison of ECIAF with conventional indices among children of Bangladesh
Coexisting Prevalence of Anthropometric Failures among Children of Bangladesh | |||||||
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Conventional indices of anthropometric failures | BDHS (1990–1991) n = 5351 | BDHS (1996–1997) n = 4706 | BDHS (2004) n = 6186 | BDHS (2007) n = 5535 | BDHS (2011) n = 7647 | BDHS (2014) n = 7256 | BDHS (2017-18) n = 7806 |
Stunting | 2698 (50.4) | 2823 (60) | 3062 (49.5) | 2320 (41.9) | 3110 (40.7) | 2602 (35.9) | 2445 (31.3) |
Wasting | 656 (12.3) | 958 (20.4) | 866 (14) | 948 (17.1) | 1184 (15.5) | 1057 (14.6) | 660 (8.5) |
Underweight | 2203 (41.2) | 2443 (51.9) | 2550 (41.2) | 2216 (40) | 2738 (35.8) | 2359 (32.5) | 1728 (22.1) |
Overweight | 44 (0.8) | 93 (2) | 57 (0.9) | 60 (1.1) | 122 (1.6) | 100 (1.4) | 156 (2) |
ECIAF | 59.2 | 72 | 59.1 | 55.5 | 53.3 | 49.1 | 40.5 |