Table 2.
Observed characteristics of the subset of the MAL-ED population with complete data that were included in the system model. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of the continuous variables (anthropometry and the biomarkers) are shown along with the percentage of the discrete variables that were positive for at least one pathogen in each of the groups or the presence of maternally reported symptoms of ALRI and fever preceding the AGP assay and the percentage of stools that were coincident with different food intakes.
| Continuous variables | Age 1 |
Age 2 |
Discrete variables | Age 1 | Age 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | ± SD | Mean | ± SD | % Positive | % Positive | |||
| LAZ start | − 0.97 | 1.13 | − 1.05 | 1.05 | Pathogens | Group 1 | 6.85 | 9.11 |
| ΔLAZ | − 0.06 | 0.63 | − 0.20 | 0.47 | Group 2 | 56.76 | 65.86 | |
| WAZ start | − 0.53 | 1.15 | − 0.61 | 1.21 | Group 3 | 6.85 | 10.21 | |
| ΔWAZ | − 0.04 | 0.50 | − 0.13 | 0.41 | Group 4 | 3.43 | 5.10 | |
| log(MPO) | 8.90 | 1.26 | 8.33 | 1.27 | Group 5 | 3.36 | 18.35 | |
| log(NEO) | 7.69 | 1.08 | 7.30 | 1.30 | ALRI | 1.71 | 1.94 | |
| log(AAT) | − 0.89 | 0.93 | − 1.17 | 1.13 | Fever | 28.26 | 24.18 | |
| log(AGP) | 4.61 | 0.40 | 4.63 | 0.36 | ||||
| LMZ | 0.35 | 0.87 | 0.40 | 1.12 | ||||