Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India

Table 2 Comparison of anthropometric and body composition indices among younger and older children

Baseline Characteristics	Children Aged 6–23 Months			Children Aged 24–59 Months			t statistics
Baseline Characteristics	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	t statistics
Fat Mass Index (FMI)	200	1.01	1.06	304	0.86	0.84	−1.69, 95% CI: −0.31 to 0.02, p-value = 0.09
Fat Free Mass Index (FFMI)	200	11.42	2.13	304	10.73	2.31	− 3.39, 95% CI: −1.09 to − 0.29, p-value = 0.001
WHZ	299	− 3.40	0.41	358	−3.40	0.39	0.03, 95% CI: − 0.06 to 0.06, p-value = 0.98
WAZ	299	−3.81	0.73	358	−3.67	0.63	2.45, 95% CI: 0.03 to 0.24, p-value = 0.02
HAZ	299	− 2.76	1.26	358	−2.55	1.12	2.22, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.39, p-value = 0.03
BMIZ	299	−3.18	0.50	358	−3.15	0.46	0.93, 95% CI: −0.04 to 0.11, p-value = 0.35
MUACZ	299	−2.09	6.94	358	−2.61	2.77	−1.29, 95% CI: −1.30 to 0.27, p-value = 0.20

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