Table 4.

Salivary flow rate (ml/minute) parameter estimates (coefficients) and P-values for three malnutrition models (MANOVA)

Dependant Variables	Model	Parameter	coefficient	S.E.	p-value
Unstimulated Saliva Flow	EC-PEM	Intercept	0.390	0.05
		age (months)	−0.003	0.01	0.402
		Gender*	−0.028	0.01	0.026
		EC-PEM†	−0.029	0.01	0.02
	Stunting	Intercept	0.401	0.05
		age (months)	0.001	0.01	0.274
		Gender*	0.090	0.01	0.11
		Stunting (2005)‡	−0.044	0.01	<0.009
	EC-PEM & Stunting	Intercept	0.394	0.05
		age (months)	−0.004	0.01	0.272
		Gender*	−0.021	0.01	0.093
		EC-PEM†	−0.016	0.01	0.223
		Stunting (2005)‡	−0.039	0.01	0.004
Stimulated Saliva Flow
	EC-PEM	Intercept	0.924	0.16
		age (months)	0.001	0.01	0.943
		Gender*	−0.010	0.04	0.784
		EC-PEM†	−0.090	0.04	0.019
	Stunting	Intercept	0.960	0.16
		age (years)	−0.001	0.01	0.898
		Gender*	0.009	0.04	0.813
		Stunting (2005)‡	−0.114	0.04	0.004
	EC-PEM & Stunting	Intercept	0.936	0.16
		Age (months)	−0.001	0.01	0.892
		Gender*	0.005	0.04	0.894
		EC-PEM†	−0.059	0.04	0.147
		Stunting (2005)‡	−0.094	0.04	0.023

^*referent category = female

^†dichotomous variable: referent category=no malnutrition (all of first five years of life with a z-score >−2)

^‡dichotomous variable: referent category = no stunting (Height-for-age z-score >−2 (2005)