Table 2 Length according to gender and age for children exclusively breastfed compared with the standards
Age (months) | Boys (mean length, cm) | Girls (mean length, cm) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Observed (±SD) | NCHS,1977 (p-value)* | WHO,2006 (p-value)* | Number | Observed (±SD) | NCHS,1977 (p-value)* | WHO,2006 (p-value)* | |
Newborn | 163 | 49.2 (1.8) | 50.5 (<0.001) | 49.9 (0.001) | 178 | 48.7 (1.9) | 49.9 (<0.001) | 49.1 (0.006) |
One | 29 | 54.5 (1.5) | 54.6 (0.828) | 54.7 (0.580) | 31 | 54.1 (1.7) | 53.5 (0.118) | 53.7 (0.365) |
Two | 25 | 58.4 (2.2) | 58.1 (0.895) | 58.4 (0.395) | 35 | 57.9 (1.7) | 56.8 (0.001) | 57.1 (0.014) |
Three | 27 | 61.9 (2.2) | 61.1 (0.084) | 61.4 (0.264) | 33 | 60.6 (2.5) | 59.5 (0.055) | 59.8 (0.168) |
Four | 34 | 64.2 (2.2) | 63.7 (0.393) | 63.9 (0.728) | 26 | 62.3 (2.2) | 62.0 (0.373) | 62.1 (0.491) |
Five | 27 | 65.3 (2.2) | 65.9 (0.202) | 65.9 (0.202) | 33 | 63.5 (2.2) | 64.1 (0.068) | 64.0 (0.111) |
Six | 34 | 67.5 (2.0) | 67.8 (0.601) | 67.6 (0.888) | 26 | 66.8 (1.6) | 65.9 (0.014) | 65.7 (0.003) |