Table 2.
Distribution of outcome variables by the status MUAC and BMI
| Variables | MUAC | BMI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low MUAC N = 247 n (%) |
Normal MUAC N = 679 n (%) |
Underweight N = 171 n (%) |
Normal N = 476 n (%) |
Overweight N = 192 n (%) |
Obese N = 87 n (%) |
|
| SGA (<10TH centile) ^* | ||||||
| Yes | 85(34.4) | 154(22.7) | 60(35.1) | 125(26.3) | 37(19.3) | 17(19.5) |
| No | 162(65.6) | 525(77.3) | 111(64.9) | 351(73.7) | 155(80.7) | 70(80.5) |
| SGA Severity | ||||||
| No SGA (> = 10th centile & <90th centile) | 162(65.5) | 525(77.3) | 111(64.9) | 351(73.7) | 155(80.7) | 70(80.5) |
| Moderate (> = 3rd centile & <10th centile) | 46(18.6) | 85(12.5) | 31(18.1) | 72(15.1) | 19(9.9) | 9(10.3) |
| Severe (<3rd centile) | 39(15.8) | 69(10.2) | 29(17.0) | 53(11.1) | 18(9.4) | 8(9.2) |
| LGA (> = 90th centile) * | ||||||
| Yes | 6(2.4) | 32(4.7) | 5(2.9) | 11(2.3) | 14(7.3) | 8(9.2) |
| No | 241(97.6) | 647(95.3) | 166(97.1) | 465(97.7) | 178(92.7) | 79(90.8) |
| LBW (< 2.5 kg) ^* | ||||||
| Yes | 78(31.6) | 144(21.2) | 55(32.2) | 108(22.7) | 38(19.8) | 21(24.1) |
| No | 169(68.4) | 535(78.8) | 116(67.8) | 368(77.3) | 154(80.2) | 66(75.9) |
^p-value < 0.05 MUAC vs independent variables
* p-value< 0.05 BMI vs independent variables