Comparison of Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference and Weight-For-Height Z-Score in Identifying Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children Aged 6–59 Months in South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Table 2

Some of the epidemiologic variables from the two parent studies [29, 30].

Variable	Response	Following recovery (n = 1273)	Comparison group of reference 30 (n = 707)
		Frequency (%)	Frequency (%)
Child sex	Male	680 (53.4)	383(54.2)
	Female	593 (46.6)	324 (45.8
Child age in month	6–11	50 (3.9)	70 (9.9)
	12–23	689 (54.1)	279 (39.5)
	24–35	387 (30.4)	240 (33.9)
	36–47	109 (8.6)	73 (10.3
	48–59	38 (3.0)	45 (6.4)
Respondent education status	Unable to read and write	768 (60.3)	404 (57.1)
	Read and write only	292 (22.9)	152 (21.5)
	Primary and above	213 (16.7)	151 (21.4)
Respondent occupation	Farming	1188 (93.3)	542 (76.7)
	Other than farming	85 (6.7)	165 (23.3)
HH family size	<5	558 (43.8)	334 (47.2)
	≥5	715 (56.2)	373 52.8()
HH food security status	Insecure	321 (25.2)	178 (25.2)
	Secure	952 (74.8)	529 (74.8)
Vaccinated for measles	No	58 (4.6)	105 (14.9)
	Yes	1215 (95.4)	602 (85.1)
Vitamin A supplemented in the past 6 months	No	318 (25.0)	269 (38.0%)
	Yes	955 (75.0)	438 (62.0)
Water source for drinking improved	No	598 (47.0)	299 (42.3)
	Yes	675 (53.0)	408 (57.7)
Type of latrine	Pit	1105 (86.8)	609 (86.1)
	Open field/bush	168 (13.2)	98 (13.9)
Hand washing practice	Poor	584 (45.9)	319 (45.1)
	Good	689 (54.1)	388 (54.9)
Safe child feces disposal practice	No	570 (44.8)	283 (40.0)
	Yes	703 (55.2)	424 (60.0)
HH own farmland	No	77 (6.0)	106 (15.0)
	Yes	1196 (94.0)	601 (85.0)
HH own animals	No	95 (7.5)	117 (16.5)
	Yes	1178 (92.5)	590 (83.5)