Table 4. Effect sizes and sources of health effects of IDA.
Health Consequence | Severity of IDA | Age-groups affected | Size of health effect of IDA | Disability weights of health consequence (WHO/GBD [18]) | Permanent irreversible effect |
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Impaired physical activity | mild | both | effects only in terms of DALYs | 0.005 | no |
moderate | both | effects only in terms of DALYs | 0.058 | no | |
severe | both | effects only in terms of DALYs | 0.164 | no | |
All-cause mortality | severe | both | RR of mortality 2.19 [28] | 1 | yes |
Cognitive impairment | moderate | 6–23-months | Cog. score in adults: -0.6 SD [3] | 0.0078 | yes |
severe | 6–23-months | Cog. score in adults: -0.6 SD [3] | 0.031 | yes |