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Table 2 Anthropometric Z-scores of Infants and young Children in Southern Ethiopia, 2022

From: Baby-friendly workplace initiatives in child feeding practice as predictors of infant and young child anthropometric indices in public health facilities of Southern Ethiopia

Z scores

Age groups

N

%<-3SD95% CI)

%<-2SD(95% CI)

Mean

SD

Weight-for-height

6–11

45

15.6 (3.9, 27.3)

24.4 (10.8, 38.1)

-1.04

1.96

12–24

163

7.3 (2.8, 11.8)

22.9 (8.6, 28.1)

-0.13

1.81

Total

208

8.7 (4.6, 12.7)

16.3 (11.1, 21.6)

-0.35

1.84

Height-for-age

6–11

45

0 (0, 1.1)

11.1(0.8, 21.4)

0.74

2.38

12–24

163

22.2(8.1, 28.1)

25.2 (17.9, 32.4)

-0.36

2.71

Total

208

10.6 (6.2, 15)

22.6(16.7, 28.5)

-0.17

2.62

Weight for age

6–11

45

2.2 (0, 7.6)

11.1(0.8, 21.4)

-0.52

1.36

12–24

163

4 (0.5, 7.4)

18.2 (3.3, 28.1)

-0.72

1.36

Total

208

3.4(0.7, 6.1)

8.7(4.6, 12.7)

-0.38

1.34