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. 2023 Feb 23;12:e25. doi: 10.1017/jns.2023.9

Table 2.

Posterior estimates of stunting, wasting and their correlation with 95 % credible intervals

μ (Stunting) μ (Wasting) ρ (correlation)
Posterior estimates Posterior estimates Posterior estimates
Mean 95 % CrI Mean 95 % CrI Mean 95 % CrI
Place of residence
Urban (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Rural 0⋅019 (−0⋅047, 0⋅083) −0⋅057 (−0⋅145, 0⋅028) −0⋅1 (−0⋅305, 0⋅069)
Household wealth
Poorest (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Poorer 0⋅079 (−0⋅041, 0⋅2) −0⋅057 (−0⋅23, 0⋅107) −0⋅473* (−0⋅911, −0⋅138)
Middle −0⋅047 (−0⋅166, 0⋅081) −0⋅043 (−0⋅212, 0⋅112) −0⋅112 (−0⋅462, 0⋅218)
Richer −0⋅023 (−0⋅153, 0⋅101) 0⋅131 (−0⋅033, 0⋅299) 0⋅262 (−0⋅084, 0⋅701)
Richest −0⋅3* (−0⋅485, −0⋅115) −0⋅072 (−0⋅325, 0⋅172) 0⋅539 (−0⋅038, 1⋅148)
Size of household members
>5 (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
≤5 −0⋅02 (−0⋅081, 0⋅042) −0⋅046 (−0⋅132, 0⋅037) 0⋅152 (−0⋅033, 0⋅342)
Household food insecurity
Food secure (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Mildly food insecure −0⋅06 (−0⋅177, 0⋅064) 0⋅01 (−0⋅139, 0⋅159) −0⋅181 (−0⋅535, 0⋅12)
Moderately food insecure 0⋅07 (−0⋅036, 0⋅172) −0⋅079 (−0⋅216, 0⋅071) −0⋅076 (−0⋅373, 0⋅236)
Severely food insecure 0⋅061 (−0⋅088, 0⋅21) 0⋅099 (−0⋅106, 0⋅278) 0⋅869* (0⋅42, 1⋅463)
Toilet facility
Unimproved (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Improved −0⋅137* (−0⋅216, −0⋅061) −0⋅069 (−0⋅17, 0⋅037) 0⋅016 (−0⋅186,0⋅232)
Educational status of mother
No education (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Primary −0⋅039 (−0⋅164, 0⋅08) −0⋅047 (−0⋅213, 0⋅116) −0⋅384* (−0⋅767, −0⋅036)
Secondary 0⋅038 (−0⋅067, 0⋅14) 0⋅017 (−0⋅13, 0⋅162) 0⋅182 (−0⋅137, 0⋅501)
Higher −0⋅083 (−0⋅236, 0⋅063) −0⋅147 (−0⋅357, 0⋅063) 0⋅17 (−0⋅258, 0⋅635)
Mother's BMI
Normal (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Underweight 0⋅15* (0⋅021, 0⋅282) 0⋅191* (0⋅025, 0⋅366) 0⋅02 (−0⋅377, 0⋅442)
Overweight −0⋅124* (−0⋅247, −0⋅004) −0⋅072 (−0⋅249, 0⋅101) 0⋅051 (−0⋅379, 0⋅506)
Obese −0⋅096 (−0⋅285, 0⋅089) −0⋅194 (−0⋅522, 0⋅086) −0⋅158 (−0⋅968, 0⋅649)
Size at birth
Large (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Average −0⋅063 (−0⋅145, 0⋅022) 0⋅025 (−0⋅094, 0⋅148) −0⋅095 (−0⋅337, 0⋅13)
Small 0⋅259* (0⋅149, 0⋅366) 0⋅123 (−0⋅032, 0⋅274) −0⋅317* (−0⋅606, −0⋅045)
Birth order
First (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Second or third 0⋅012 (−0⋅071, 0⋅098) −0⋅065 (−0⋅187, 0⋅049) 0⋅11 (−0⋅117, 0⋅369)
Greater than third 0⋅168* (0⋅026, 0⋅306) 0⋅011 (−0⋅181, 0⋅197) 0⋅294 (−0⋅057, 0⋅686)
Fever in 2 weeks preceding the survey
No (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Yes 0⋅19* (0⋅012, 0⋅365) 0⋅082 (−0⋅159, 0⋅303) −0⋅029 (−0⋅485, 0⋅392)
Cough in 2 weeks preceding the survey
No (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Yes −0⋅124 (−0⋅298, 0⋅048) 0⋅106 (−0⋅111, 0⋅333) −0⋅037 (−0⋅489, 0⋅421)
Currently breastfeeding
No (ref.) 0⋅000 0⋅000 0⋅000
Yes 0⋅021 (−0⋅065, 0⋅107) 0⋅191* (0⋅072, 0⋅313) 0⋅148 (−0⋅093, 0⋅41)
Constant −0⋅284* (−0⋅438, −0⋅115) −1⋅576* (−1⋅817, −1⋅37) 0⋅414 (−0⋅063, 0⋅884)

Crl, credible interval, ref., reference.

*Significant at less than 0.05 level of significance.