Table 2.
MUAC and WHZ of children categorized by sex and age at admission to the outpatient therapeutic program.
| MUAC at Admission | WHZ at Admission | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUAC < 110 mm | MUAC 110–114 mm | MUAC ≥ 115 mm | WHZ < −3 | −3 ≤ WHZ < −2 | WHZ ≥ −2 | ||||||||||||||
| N | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||||||
| Girls | 389 | 228 | 58.6 | 53.5, 63.5 | 71 | 18.3 | 14.6, 22.5 | 90 | 23.1 | 19.1, 27.7 | 88 | 22.6 | 18.6, 27.2 | 148 | 38.1 | 33.2, 43.1 | 153 | 39.3 | 34.5, 44.4 |
| Boys | 272 | 149 | 54.8 | 48.7, 60.8 | 54 | 19.9 | 15.4, 25.2 | 69 | 25.3 | 20.4, 31.1 | 98 | 36.1 | 30.4, 42.1 | 92 | 33.8 | 28.3, 39.8 | 82 | 30.1 | 24.8, 36.0 |
| Age | |||||||||||||||||||
| <24 months | 496 | 310 | 62.5 | 58.1, 66.8 | 86 | 17.3 | 14.2, 21.0 | 100 | 20.2 | 16.8, 24.0 | 146 | 29.4 | 25.5, 33.7 | 186 | 37.5 | 33.3, 41.9 | 164 | 33.1 | 29.0, 37.4 |
| ≥24 months | 165 | 67 | 40.6 | 33.1, 48.5 | 39 | 23.6 | 17.5, 31.0 | 59 | 35.8 | 28.6, 43.6 | 40 | 24.2 | 18.1, 31.6 | 54 | 32.7 | 25.8, 40.5 | 71 | 43.1 | 35.4, 51.0 |