The outcomes of this study were three anthropometric indices, stunting (height-for-age), underweight (weight-for-age) and wasting (weight-for-height).
Child variables that included age, sex, height and weight were entered in Epi Info7 software-nutrition module to generate measurement indices of height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height.
CPI: Community periodontal index; HAZ: Height-for-age z-score; OHI-S: Oral hygiene index simplified; WAZ: Weight-for-age z-score; WHZ: Weight-for-height z-score.
For analysis, the index of height-for-age and sex expressed in z-score according to the growth curves published by the World Health Organization (WHO) [ 23, 24] was used.
ELISA: Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; WHO: World health organization; BMI: Body mass index; HAZ: Height-for-age Z-score; WAZ: Weight-for-age Z-score; SPSS: Statistical package for social science; SD: Standard deviation; IQR: Inter quartile range.
Underweight is a composite index of height-for-age and weight-for-age; children whose weight-for-age was two standard deviations or more below the median of the reference population were classified as underweight and being both acutely and chronically malnourished.
To circumvent this issue, biomarkers (such as body mass index and height for age) and measures of life or health expectancies have sometimes been used as unidimensional proxies of health state in assessing inter-individual differences.
Below the diagonal: adjusted correlations (adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, height and heart rate) The heritability for heart rate-adjusted QT, prior to the inclusion of SNP information, was 36%% (P = 1.14 × 10−8).
The lower risk of diverticular disease for a higher intake of dietary fibre did not vary significantly between subgroups of women defined by their age, socioeconomic status, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, height, use of hormone therapy for menopause or red meat consumption (figure 2).
Nutritional health was assessed with three standard indices of physical growth: height-for-age (stunting), weight-for-height (wasting), and weight-for-age (underweight).
The anthropometric indices weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height were compared with mean Z-scores to access the nutritional status of the children.
