Table 6.
Median first passage time and median first recurrence time of child undernutrition in Ethiopia
| To time (t + 1) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median First Passage Time and Median First Recurrence Time (95% CI) (in months) | |||||||||
| N | U | S | W | US | UW | SW | USW | ||
| From time (t) | N | 11.5 (10.8, 12.2) | 24.0 (19.5, 28.5) | 22.0 (18.0, 26.0) | 17.5 (13.0, 22.0) | 13.8 (11.5, 15.0) | 9.5 (7.5, 11.5) | 0 | 17.9 (15.8, 20.0) |
| U | 12.8 (12.0, 13.5) | 23.4 (18.0, 29.0) | 22.5 (19.0, 26.0) | 18.5 (14.0, 23.0) | 11.5 (9.5, 13.0) | 7.5 (5.5, 9.5) | 0 | 14.1 (11.5, 16.5) | |
| S | 12.5 (11.8, 13.2) | 23.9 (19.0, 28.5) | 19.8 (15.0, 24.0) | 18.8 (15.0, 22.0) | 10.6 (8.0, 12.0) | 10.0 (8.0, 12.0) | 0 | 16.5 (14.0, 19.0) | |
| W | 12.6 (11.9, 13.3) | 24.5 (20.0, 29.0) | 23.5 (19.0, 28.0) | 14.5 (10.0, 18.0) | 13.5 (11.0, 16.0) | 7.5 (5.5, 9.5) | 0 | 17.0 (14.0, 20.0) | |
| US | 13.2 (12.0, 14.0) | 24.4 (19.0, 29.5) | 20.5 (16.0, 25.0) | 19.5 (16.0, 23.0) | 8.0 (6.0, 10.0) | 9.4 (7.0, 11.0) | 41 (39, 43) | 12.8 (10.5, 15.0) | |
| UW | 13.0 (12.0, 14.0) | 24.8 (20.0, 29.5) | 22.6 (18.0, 27.0) | 17.0 (13.0, 21.0) | 12.6 (10.5, 14.0) | 6.5 (4.5, 8.5) | 43 (40, 46) | 13.5 (11.0, 16.0) | |
| SW | 13.6 (12.5, 14.5) | 20.5 (16.0, 25.0) | 23.5 (20.0, 27.0) | 19.0 (15.0, 23.0) | 10.7 (8.0, 12.5) | 6.0 (4.0, 8.0) | 0 | 15.5 (13.0, 18.0) | |
| USW | 13.9 (13.0, 14.8) | 24.0 (19.0, 29.0) | 21.5 (17.0, 25.0) | 19.2 (15.0, 23.0) | 9.5 (7.0, 11.0) | 8.8 (6.5, 10.5) | 34 (31, 37) | 9.8 (7.0, 12.0) | |
NB: The diagonal entries in the above table represent MFRT, indicating the median time taken for children to return to a specific state after initially transitioning away from it. The off-diagonal entries denote MFPT, showing the median time for children to transition from one nutritional state to another for the first time during the study period