Table 3 Mean anthropometric scores at 24 m according to 6 post hoc SES categories

From: Thresholds of socio-economic and environmental conditions necessary to escape from childhood malnutrition: a natural experiment in rural Gambia

Variable	Mean per SES category						P value for Trend
Variable	1A upper	1B upper	2 upper-middle	3 middle	4 lower-middle	5 lower	P value for Trend
N	8	11	46	72	65	28
HAZ score	0.68 ^1B,2,3,4,5	− 1.65 ^1A	− 1.58 ^1A	− 1.69 ^1A	− 2.16 ^1A	− 2.23 ^1A	< 0.001
% stunted	0	45	37	44	54	54
WAZ score	0.36 ^1B,2,3,4,5	− 1.64 ^1A	− 1.20 ^1A	− 1.35 ^1A	− 1.67 ^1A	− 1.64 ^1A	< 0.001
% underweight	0	55	17	19	34	43
WHZ score	− 0.03	− 1.07	− 0.56	− 0.63	− 0.77	− 0.68	0.255
% wasted	12	9	4	4	9	4
Mothers’ heights	161.2	158.5	162.0	164.0	161.3	161.9	0.019
Fathers’ heights	172.6	174.1 ⁴	171.3	170.6	167.8 ^1B	170.4	< 0.001

Superscripts indicate the SES groups against which values are significantly different at P < 0.01 by Scheffé’s post hoc test. For the children’s anthropometry, their parents’ heights were included in the model. Child sex was also included in the model

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