Table 5.

Effect of age, sex, stunting, wasting, and interaction on mortality, Niakhar 1983–1984

Variable	Children age 6–29 months			Children age 30–59 months
	B coefficient	p value	Net effect	B coefficient	p value	Net effect
Age	−0.0004	0.969		−0.0339	0.027*
Sex	−0.0154	0.909		−0.3785	0.126
Stunting	−0.1378	0.150	1.31	−0.4751	0.00007*	2.57
Wasting	−0.2608	0.004*	1.66	−0.0552	0.752	1.12
Interaction	−0.0412	0.326	1.08	−0.0714	0.288	1.15
Constant	−3.8629	<10−6*		−3.9151	<10−6*

Note. Net effect = relative risk of mortality associated with −2 z score; sex = 1 for males; stunting and wasting defined by dummy variables; (*) p < 0.05.