Table 1. Model input parameter values and sources.
Parameter | All Infection Intensities | Low Intensity Infection | Moderate Intensity Infection | Heavy Intensity Infection | Source |
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Disability Weights | |||||
Anemia (2004 Estimate) | 0.024 | [49] | |||
Heavy Intensity Infection (2004 Estimate) | 0.006 | [49] | |||
Cognitive Impairment (2004 Estimate)ǂ | 0.024 | 0.024 | [49] | ||
Mild Anemia (2010 Estimate)† | 0.005 (0.002–0.011) | [50] | |||
Moderate Anemia (2010 Estimate)† | 0.058 (0.0380–0.086) | [50] | |||
Severe Anemia (2010 Estimate)† | 0.164 (0.112–0.228) | [50] | |||
Symptomatic Intestinal Nematode Infections (2010 Estimate)†^ | 0.03 (0.016–0.048) | [50] | |||
Duration of Anemia (years) | 1 | Assumption | |||
Population Attributable Fraction (PAF)* | 0.28 (0.08) | [17, 18, 30, 51] | |||
Probability of Anemia | |||||
Children | |||||
Low Estimate Study | 0.129 | 0.133 | 0.143 | [19] | |
Median Estimate Study | 0.088 | 0.182 | 0.182 | [18] | |
High Estimate Study | 0.600 | 0.737 | 0.797 | [17] | |
Adults | |||||
Low Estimate Study | 0.041 | 0.100 | 0.045 | [18] | |
Median Estimate Study | 0.486 | 0.610 | 0.720 | [30] | |
High Estimate Study | 0.697 | 0.740 | 0.803 | [16] |
*Mean (standard deviation), beta distribution
ǂOnly children aged 0–14 years with anemia due to moderate or high intensity infections were assumed to have cognitive impairment
†Estimate (95% uncertainty interval), triangular distribution
^Used for heavy intensity infections only