| Author | Source (Year) | Country | Number of subjects (Category) | Anthropometric variable |
| Arisoy | (1995) J Trop Pediatr, 41, 34-7. | Turkey | 874 (Total) | BH HC CHC |
| Ayatollahi | (2002) J Trop Pediatr, 48, 245-7. | Iran | 244 (Male) | BH HC CHC MUAC |
| 263 (Female) | BH HC CHC MUAC | |||
| Ayatollahi | (2007) Early Child Dev Care, 177, 255-8. | Iran | 5241(Male) | BH HC |
| 5000 (Female) | BH HC | |||
| Bhatia | (1984) Indian Pedatr, 21, 833-8. | India | 341 (Total) | BH HC CHC MUAC |
| Das | (2005) Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull, 31, 1-6 | Bangladesh | 560 (Total) | BH HC CHC MUAC |
| De Vaquera | (1983) J Trop Pediatr, 29, 167?74. | Guatemala | 823 (Total) | BH MUAC |
| 820 (Total) | HC | |||
| 768 (Total) | CHC | |||
| Dhar | (2002) J Health PopulNutr, 20, 36-41. | Bangladesh | 1028 (Total) | BH HC CHC MUAC |
| Dusistin | (1991) Am J Public Health, 81, 1201-5. | Thailand | 402 (Total) | BH CHC MUAC |
| Elizabeth | (2013) BMC Pediatr, 13, 54. | Uganda | 706 (Total) | HC CHC MUAC |
| Ezeaka | (2003) Niger Postgrad Med J, 10, 168-78. | Nigeria | 788 (Total) | BH HC MUAC |
| Figueira | (2004) Sao Paulo Med J, 122, 53-9. | Brazil | 131 (Total) | MUAC |
| Hossain | (1994) Indian J Pediatr, 61, 81-7. | Egypt | 148 (Total) | MUAC |
| Huque | (1991) Indian J Pediatr, 58, 223-31. | Bangladesh | 217 (Total) | CHC MUAC |
| Illingworth | (1971) Acta PediatrScand, 60, 333-7. | UK | 50 (Male) | HC |
| 56 (Female) | HC | |||
| Khanam | (1990) Bangladesh Med J, 19, 45-50. | Bangladesh | 206 (Total) | MUAC |
| Mohan | (1991) Indian Pediatr, 28, 1299-304. | India | 2925 (Total) | BH MUAC |
| (1990) Indian Pediatr, 27, 43-51. | ||||
| Ndu | (2014) Ital J Pediatr, 40, 81. | Nigeria | 511 (Total) | CHC |
| Olusanya | (2010) J Child Health Care, 14, 386-95. | Nigeria | 3869 (Total) | BH HC |
| Pomeroy | (2014) PLoS One, 9, e105108. | Australia | 1270 (Total) | HC CHC MUAC |
| Rustagi | (2012) Asia Pac J Public Health, 24, 343-51. | India | 283 (Total) | HC CHC MUAC |
| Sasanow | (1986) J Pediatr, 109, 311-5. | USA | 204 (Total) | MUAC |
| Shajari | (1996) Acta MedicaIranica, 34, 43-5. | Iran | 1050 (Total) | CHC MUAC |
| Sood | (2002) Indian Pediatr, 39, 838-42. | India | 1272 (Total) | MUAC |
| Sreeramareddy | (2008) BMC Pediatr, 25, 8-16. | Nepal | 400 (Total) | HC CHC |