Table 2.

Spearman’s correlation (rho) for prevalence of wasting by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference overall and differences in prevalence^a

	WHZ v. MUAC	(WHZ- MUAC) v MUAC	(WHZ-MUAC) v WHZ
Latin America and Caribbean	0.3667	−0.6377	0.3726
Eastern and Southern Africa	0.3553	−0.1599	0.8279
Congo, DRC	0.6822	−0.4811	0.2513
West and Central Africa	0.6247	−0.0886	0.6652
Sudan	0.6187	−0.1317	0.6210
Middle East North Africa	0.8901	0.6352	0.8857
South East Asia and Pacific	0.5639	−0.4296	0.4501
All Surveys	0.5485	−0.1634	0.6859

^aRho values greater than 0.5 are indicated in bold