Table 3.

Factors associated with the diagnosis of acute malnutrition based on WHZ, MUAC and MUACAZ (N = 255,623)

	WHZ						MUAC						MUACAZ
	WHZ−2			WHZ−3			MUAC125			MUAC115			MUACAZ−2			MUACAZ−3
	%	n	Adj.OR	%	n	Adj.OR	%	n	Adj.OR	%	n	Adj.OR	%	n	Adj.OR	%	n	Adj.OR
Sex
Male	18.2	23,649	Ref.	4.4	5694	Ref.	7.1	9150	Ref.	1.3	1743	Ref.	17.4	22,598	Ref.	3.5	4519	Ref.
Female	13.8	17,391	0.72 (0.71–0.74)	2.9	3704	0.67 (0.64–0.70)	8.6	10,788	1.38 (1.34–1.42)	1.7	2196	1.49 (1.39–1.59)	14.1	17,770	0.82 (0.81–0.84)	2.5	3099	0.76 (0.73–0.80)
Age
< 24 months	15.7	13,558	Ref.	4.3	3691	Ref.	16.2	13,951	Ref.	3.6	3081	Ref.	14.7	12,664	Ref.	3.3	2836	Ref.
> =24 months	16.2	27,482	1.04 (1.02–1.07)	3.4	5707	0.78 (0.75–0.82)	3.5	5987	0.19 (0.18–0.20)	0.5	858	0.14 (0.13–0.15)	16.4	27,704	1.19 (1.16–1.22)	2.8	4782	0.91 (0.86–0.95)
Stunting
No	15.7	31,993	Ref.	3.5	7110	Ref.	5.8	11,790	Ref.	1.0	2055	Ref.	12.7	25,779	Ref.	2.0	4078	Ref.
Yes	17.3	9047	1.09 (1.06–1.12)	4.4	2288	1.20 (1.15–1.26)	15.6	8148	3.05 (2.96–3.15)	3.6	1884	3.57 (3.35–3.81)	27.8	14,589	2.64 (2.58–2.70)	6.8	3540	3.44 (3.29–3.61)
Total	16.1	41,040		3.7	9398		7.8	19,938		1.5	3939		15.8	40,368		3.0	7618