Appendix 1: Centile cut-off points for indicators and data sets

APPENDIX 1 Centile cut-off points for indicators and data sets Maternal height (cm) MUAC (cm) Study 1 0th 25th 50th 75th 1 0th 25th 50th 75th Argentina 150 155 158 161 - - - - Myanmar 145 148 152 155 20 22 23 24 Vietnam 148 150 153 156 21 23 24 25 Thailand 147 150 153 157 22 23 24 26 China 154 157 160 163 21 22 24 25 Botswana - - - - - - - - Lesotho 149 152 157 162 - - - - Colombia 147 150 155 160 - - - - Cuba 150 153 157 161 - Gambia 150 153 157 161 22 23 25 26 Guatemala 142 145 148 152 20 21 22 24 India (Pune) 144 147 150 153 20 21 22 23 India (Hyderabad) 143 147 151 154 20 21 22 24 Indonesia 143 146 149 153 21 22 23 25 Ireland 151 155 159 163 - - - - Malawi 147 151 155 158 22 23 25 26 Nigeria 150 153 157 161 - - - - Nepal (Rural) 144 147 150 154 20 21 22 24 Nepal (Urban) 143 146 150 154 19 21 23 24 Sri Lanka 143 146 150 154 21 22 23 25 United Kingdom 152 155 159 164 - - - - US/CDC (White) 155 159 163 168 - - - - US/CDC (Black) 155 158 163 168 - - - - US/CDC (Hispanic) 151 154 158 163 - - - - US/NCPP 152 157 160 165 - - - - Pre-pregnancy weight Attained weight by lunar month 5 Study 1 0th 25th 50th 75th 1 0th 25th 50th 75th Argentina Myanmar Vietnam Thailand China Botswana Lesotho Colombia Cuba Gambia Guatemala India (Pune) India (Hyderabad) Indonesia Ireland Malawi Nigeria Nepal (Rural) Nepal (Urban) Sri Lanka 46 39 40 42 43 51 45 44 42 40 36 37 39 49 43 38 36 36 50 42 43 45 46 56 50 48 45 43 39 41 41.6 53 47 40 40 39 56 45 46 49 50 61 56 54 49 48 42 45 45 57 50 42 44 43 63 50 50 54 54 68 64 61 54 52 45 50 49 63 55 46 49 45 41 41 43 45 49 53 45 45 43 37 40 50 45 39 36 37 45 45 47 48 53 58 49 48 47 40 43 54 49 41 39 40 49 48 51 52 58 64 55 52 51 44 47 59 53 45 44 44 53 53 56 56 65 70 61 56 55 47 51 65 57 48 47 47 WHO Bulletin OMS: Supplement Vol. 73 199554 Appendix 1 United Kingdom 48 52 57 63 50 53 59 65 US/CDC (White) 48 53 60 71 - - - - US/CDC (Black) 50 55 61 73 - - - - US/CDC (Hispanic) 48 52 59 68 - - - - US/NCPP 47 52 58 66 - - - - Attained weight by lunar month 7 Attained weight by lunar month 9 Study 10th 25th 50th 75th 10th 25th 50th 75th Argentina - - - - - - - - Myanmar 42 45 49 54 44 47 51 55 Vietnam 43 45 49 53 45 47 50 53 Thailand 46 49 53 58 48 52 56 60 China 49 52 56 60 52 55 59 63 Botswana 50 54 60 67 51 56 62 70 Lesotho 54 58 64 71 55 60 66 73 Colombia 49 53 58 64 51 56 62 68 Cuba - Gambia - - - - 48 52 56 61 Guatemala 41 45 52 57 46 51 54 59 India (Pune) 40 42 45 49 41 44 47 50 India (Hyderabad) - - - - - - - - Indonesia 43 46 50 54 45 48 52 56 Ireland 53 57 63 68 56 60 66 72 Malawi 48 51 55 60 49 52 56 61 Nigeria - - - - - - - - Nepal (Rural) 40 44 46 50 42 45 49 52 Nepal (Urban) 38 42 46 48 43 46 50 53 Sri Lanka 40 43 46 50 42 45 49 53 United Kingdom 53 57 62 68 56 60 65 72 US/CDC (White) - - - - - - - - US/CDC (Black) - - - - - - - - US/CDC (Hispanic) - - - - - - - - US/NCPP - - - - - - - - Pre-pregnancy BMI Attained BMI by lunar month 5 Study 10th 25th 50th 75th 10th 25th 50th 75th Argentina Myanmar China Colombia Cuba Gambia Guatemala India (Pune) India (Hyderabad) Indonesia Ireland Lesotho Malawi Nepal (Rural) Nepal (Urban) Sri Lanka Thailand United Kingdom US/CDC (Black) US/CDC (Hispanic) 18.8 17.1 17.2 19.1 18.1 17.9 18.9 16.0 16.8 17.9 19.7 21.2 18.4 16.3 16.1 18.0 19.3 18.9 19.1 20.3 18.4 18.2 20.9 19.6 18.7 19.4 17.2 18.2 19.0 21.1 22.7 19.5 17.3 17.4 19.2 20.6 20.7 21.1 22.4 19.8 19.5 23.3 21.8 19.7 20.8 18.3 20.0 20.2 23.7 25.3 21.0 19.5 18.8 20.8 22.2 23.1 23.7 25.0 21.0 20.9 26.2 24.5 21.0 22.5 19.8 21.8 21.7 24.7 28.4 22.8 20.5 20.4 22.7 24.2 27.4 27.3 18.1 17.8 18.9 19.1 20.6 17.0 18.3 20.2 21.8 19.4 17.5 16.9 18.4 20.0 19.7 21.2 22.9 18.9 20.2 21.6 20.3 22.4 25.1 19.9 21.1 22.3 21.4 22.8 24.3 17.9 19.3 20.7 19.7 21.0 22.4 21.5 23.3 25.5 23.4 25.2 28.0 20.6 22.2 24.0 18.7 20.0 21.1 17.9 19.3 20.8 19.8 21.6 23.4 21.3 22.9 25.1 WHO Bulletin OMS: Supplement Vol. 73 1995 55 Appendix 1 US/CDC (White) 18.3 20.1 22.6 26.5 - - - - US/NCPP 18.6 20 22.1 25.1 - - - - Vietnam 17.4 18.4 19.6 20.9 17.9 19.1 20.6 22.0 Attained BMI by lunar month 7 Attained BMI by lunar month 9 Study 1 0th 25th 50th 75th 1 0th 25th 50th 75th Argentina - - - - - - - - Myanmar 18.6 19.9 21.5 23.5 19.1 20.5 22.2 24.0 China 19.3 20.4 21.7 23.1 20.5 21.2 23.0 24.4 Colombia 20.3 21.7 23.8 26.4 21.4 23.2 25.3 27.8 Cuba - - - - - - - - Gambia - - - - 20.3 21.4 22.5 24.1 Guatemala 19.0 19.7 23.7 27.3 22.0 23.2 24.4 26.3 India (Pune) 17.8 18.8 20.0 21.3 18.5 19.5 20.8 22.1 India (Hyderabad) - - - - - - - - Indonesia 19.6 20.9 22.3 23.7 20.8 22.0 23.3 24.9 Ireland 21.4 22.9 24.6 26.8 22.5 24.1 26.0 28.3 Lesotho 22.1 23.4 25.8 28.8 22.4 24.1 26.7 29.7 Malawi 20.0 21.3 22.8 24.5 20.4 21.8 23.3 25.0 Nepal (Rural) 18.3 19.5 20.8 22.1 19.0 20.2 21.6 22.9 Nepal (Urban) - - - - 19.6 20.9 22.2 23.6 Sri Lanka 18.0 19.2 20.5 22.3 18.7 20.0 21.4 23.3 Thailand 19.6 21.0 22.6 24.3 20.5 21.9 23.5 25.4 United Kingdom 21.3 22.6 24.3 26.5 22.4 23.8 25.6 27.8 US/CDC (Black) - - - - - - - - US/CDC (Hispanic) - - US/CDC (White) - - US/NCPP - - - _ _ _ - _ Vietnam 18.3 19.5 20.8 22.3 19.1 20.0 21.3 22.6 WHO Bulletin OMS: Supplement Vol. 73 199556 Appendix 1 Weight gain by group Month (lunar) Group 1 WTpp 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 Group 2 WTpp 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 Group 3 WTpp 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 Group 4 WTpp 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8 8 to 9 9 to 10 10 to 11 Percentiles of weight gain (kg) 10th 25th 50th 75th Mean SD Number 37.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -2.0 44.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 48.9 -0.1 0.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 40.0 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 44.0 0.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 48.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 52.6 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 42.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 48.0 1.0 1.1 2.2 1.6 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 52.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 57.4 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.2 45.4 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 52.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 58.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 63.3 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.0 42.7 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.8 48.4 0.9 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.6 53.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 0.6 58.6 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3 5.4 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 6.6 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.8 9.0 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 8.7 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 WHO Bulletin OMS: Supplement Vol. 73 1995 223 74 256 713 1007 1360 1416 978 93 3950 262 797 1410 2271 3179 4129 4386 1898 8964 135 543 1426 2939 4233 5162 4558 544 4672 739 1908 2974 3718 4836 5210 6378 4636 57