. 2022 Sep 27;19(1):e13431. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13431

Table 3.

Absolute risk (AR) of mortality per 1000 children within 6 months of a contact and associated anthropometric deficits by age and relative risk (RR) of mortality in younger compared with older children

	MUAC < 125 mm
	Both sexes					Girls					Boys
	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p
DRC	24.91	12.67	1.96	1.28–3.01	0.002	20.76	14.19	1.46	0.81–2.64	0.205	29.82	11.18	2.66	1.43–4.96	0.001
Nepal	18.67	18.58	1	0.56–1.79	0.988	24.26	10.37	2.33	0.93–5.91	0.063	9.46	30.76	0.3	0.13–0.75	0.006
Senegal	69.26	105.63	0.65	0.43–1.00	0.051	62.35	97.9	0.63	0.34–1.19	0.154	76.92	113.47	0.67	0.38–1.21	0.189
Pooled estimate			1.08	0.53–2.22	0.826			1.28	0.59–2.77	0.530			0.71	0.30–1.71	0.447

	WHZ < −2
	Both sexes					Girls					Boys
	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p
DRC	35.71	36.66	0.97	0.45–2.09	0.946	29.58	60.34	0.49	0.16–1.51	0.204	39.84	21.73	1.83	0.58–5.75	0.291
Guinea Bissau	56.25	74.62	0.75	0.26–2.17	0.600	66.66	71.42	0.93	0.18–4.80	0.934	50	76.92	0.65	0.16–2.59	0.540
Indonesia	36.67	41.05	0.89	0.44–1.82	0.757	31.25	58.33	0.53	0.17–1.65	0.268	40.16	31.67	1.26	0.49–3.27	0.623
Nepal	19.91	12.42	1.6	0.87–2.96	0.127	29.57	10.82	2.73	1.06–7.07	0.030	10.76	13.53	0.79	0.32–1.95	0.615
Philippines	40.67	0				35.67	0				44.28	0
Senegal	68.44	60.09	1.13	0.81–1.60	0.453	65.66	50.22	1.3	0.78–2.19	0.309	70.67	71.06	0.99	0.63–1.56	0.981
Sudan	22.09	4.22	5.23	2.93–9.31	<0.001	32.98	5.65	5.83	2.73–12.46	<0.001	14.51	3.21	4.52	1.85–11.01	<0.001
Pooled estimate			1.35	0.79–2.33	0.272			1.32	0.66–2.65	0.430			1.32	0.83; 2.12	0.245

	WAZ < −2
	Both sexes					Girls					Boys
	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24–59 m (ref)	95% CI	p
DRC	29.05	11.34	2.56	1.72–3.81	<0.001	24.77	11.52	2.15	1.15–4.00	0.014	32.16	11.19	2.87	1.70–4.85	<0.001
Guinea Bissau	61.67	36.18	1.7	0.86–3.37	0.119	71.09	35.71	1.99	0.83–4.78	0.115	53.49	37.03	1.44	0.48–4.33	0.507
Indonesia	42.03	13.5	3.11	2.18–4.45	<0.001	40.58	14.98	2.7	1.60–4.59	<0.001	43.07	12.16	3.54	2.16–5.81	<0.001
Nepal	12.78	4.83	2.64	1.77–3.93	<0.001	17.71	3.8	4.66	2.61–8.31	<0.001	8.14	5.85	1.39	0.77–2.52	0.276
Philippines	23.2	0				23.43	0				23.02	0
Senegal	55.47	43.45	1.27	0.97–1.68	0.082	55.39	41.98	1.31	0.88–1.97	0.174	55.55	44.87	1.23	0.85–1.81	0.270
Sudan	12.36	1.93	6.4	4.18–9.82	<0.001	18.46	1.86	9.92	5.58–17.51	<0.001	7.45	1.99	3.74	1.92–7.28	<0.001
Pooled estimate			2.57	1.65–4.00	<0.001			2.97	1.65–5.36	<0.001			2.13	1.40–3.24	<0.001

	HAZ < −2
	Both sexes					Girls					Boys
	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p	AR 6–23 m	AR 24–59 m	RR 6–23 m versus 24‐59 m (ref)	95% CI	p
DRC	21.14	7.16	2.95	2.09–4.16	<0.001	16.13	8.03	2	1.18–3.42	0.009	25.13	6.43	3.9	2.47–6.18	<0.001
Guinea Bissau	58.53	24.33	2.4	1.44–4.02	0.001	65.65	28.42	2.3	1.16–4.61	0.014	51.59	20.68	2.49	1.16–5.38	0.016
Indonesia	29.78	10.22	2.91	2.14–3.97	<0.001	27.58	12.44	2.21	1.41–3.48	<0.001	31.48	8.24	3.82	2.46–5.93	<0.001
Nepal	9.78	4.11	2.37	1.62–3.49	<0.001	12.66	3.8	3.33	1.96–5.66	<0.001	7.11	4.39	1.61	0.91–2.86	0.097
Philippines	15.75	0				16.61	0				15.1	0
Senegal	60.63	36	1.68	1.20–2.36	0.002	66.13	39.54	1.67	1.02–2.73	0.039	56.93	32.97	1.72	1.09–2.74	0.019
Sudan	8.72	1.38	6.31	4.08–9.66	<0.001	12.5	1.4	8.92	4.99–15.80	<0.001	5.63	1.37	4.1	2.12–7.98	<0.001
Pooled estimate			2.83	2.09; 3.82	<0.001			2.82	1.87–4.24	<0.001			2.75	1.97–3.85	<0.001

Note: AR represents the absolute risk of death in the exposed group per 1000 children; RR represents the relative risk of death in young (6–23 months) versus older (24–59 months; reference group) age group; pooled estimate represents the weighted pooled estimates from the meta‐analysis.