Table 1.
Distribution of baseline characteristics and unadjusted hazard ratios (HR) in groups stratified by outcome (dead or alive) among Nepalese children below 3 years of age, Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project, Sarlahi-4 (21 October 2001–2 February 2006)
| Dead (n 855) | Alive (n 47 637) | Unadjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | HR | 95 % CI* | |
| MUAC | ||||||
| <11·5 cm | 651 | 2·6 | 24675 | 97·4 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| ≥11·5 cm | 204 | 0·8 | 22962 | 99·1 | 2·49 | 2·12, 2·91 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Boys | 354 | 1·4 | 24594 | 98·6 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Girls | 501 | 2·3 | 23043 | 97·8 | 1·49 | 1·30, 1·70 |
| Age | ||||||
| <6 months | 686 | 2·3 | 29677 | 97·7 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| ≥6 months | 169 | 0·9 | 17960 | 99·1 | 0·54 | 0·45, 0·63 |
| Ethnicity† | ||||||
| Pahadi | 160 | 1·0 | 15016 | 98·9 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Madhesi | 691 | 2·1 | 32367 | 97·9 | 1·91 | 1·61, 2·27 |
| Maternal literacy‡ | ||||||
| Illiterate | 747 | 2·0 | 35905 | 97·9 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Literate | 99 | 0·8 | 11527 | 99·1 | 0·42 | 0·35, 0·52 |
| SES category§ | ||||||
| Low | 257 | 2·7 | 9239 | 97·3 | 1·00 | Ref. |
| Medium | 361 | 1·8 | 19836 | 98·2 | 0·66 | 0·56, 0·78 |
| High | 236 | 1·3 | 18351 | 98·7 | 0·47 | 0·39, 0·56 |
MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; SES, socio-economic status; Ref., reference category.
*
Significance level P<0·05.
†
Ethnicity is missing for 258 children.
‡
Mother’s literacy is missing for 214 children.
§
SES category is missing for 212 children.