Table 1.
Summary statistics of MUACZ and MUAC survey‐level means and standard deviations using ±4 MUACZ flagging approach.
| MUACZ | MUAC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Mean | −0.81 | 0.96 | 144.38 | 12.31 |
| Median | −0.81 | 0.95 | 144.22 | 12.29 |
| SD | 0.36 | 0.10 | 4.27 | 1.06 |
| Skewness | 0.01 | 0.92 | 0.13 | 0.21 |
| Kurtosis | −0.18 | 1.07 | −0.11 | −0.21 |
| P1 | −1.58 | 0.79 | 135.54 | 10.24 |
| P2.5 | −1.50 | 0.81 | 136.50 | 10.48 |
| P25 | −1.07 | 0.89 | 141.23 | 11.55 |
| P75 | −0.56 | 1.01 | 147.26 | 13.04 |
| P97.5 | −0.15 | 1.20 | 152.25 | 14.42 |
| P99 | −0.01 | 1.25 | 155.07 | 14.89 |
Abbreviations: MUAC, mid‐upper arm circumference; MUACZ, mid‐upper arm circumference‐for‐age z‐score; PX, X percentile of distribution; SD, standard deviation.