Table 5. The coefficients for the non-proportional hazard model with reference person moments drawn from people developing marasmus.

The age variable is based on the distribution of kwashiorkor across age. T is a variable that describes the duration of consuming a food item containing β-carotene. PaSV is a variable that includes papaya, “other vegetables” and sweet potatoes weighted by the β-carotene content of 100 g of the item. Height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) are based on the WHO-2006 Child Growth Standards [17].

Term	Log odds—estimate	Confidence interval, 95%
Intercept	−9.7	−12.1, −7.7
Age function of age (months)	7.9	4.3, 12.1
T months	4.2	3.2, 5.4
PaSV	−6.8	−17.8, −1.7
HAZ	0.0	−0.3, 0.2
T ∗ PaSV	−6.3	−9.0, −0.8