Table 2. Regression parameters, confidence intervals and p-value using a Gaussian GLMM, Kazaure LGA, Jigawa State, Nigeria.

	Univariate models			Multivariate model
	Estimate	(95% CI)	P	Estimate	(95% CI)	P
Absolute MUAC*		(0.006; 0.124)	0.030
Surveillance visits per cluster	0.065			0.060	(0.005; 0.114)	0.031
Sex (boys vs. girls)	0.743	(0.328; 1.158)	<0.001	0.989	(0.653; 1.325)	<0.001
Age (months)	0.455	(0.445; 0.465)	<0.001	0.439	(0.429; 0.449)	<0.001
Ethnic group (Hausa vs. Fulani)	1.784	(1.118; 2.451)	<0.001	2.221	(1.624; 2.817)	<0.001
Seasonal pattern (cos)	−0.312	(−0.744; 0.118)	0.155	−0.228	(−0.607; 0.151)	0.238
Seasonal pattern (sin)	−0.568	(−1.010; −0.127)	0.012	−0.619	(−1.005; −0.234)	0.002

Univariate and multivariate analysis (N = 16,453).

^*Models take the absolute MUAC as the dependent variable with cluster and number of surveillance visit per cluster introduced as random-intercepts.