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 3

Magnitude of acute malnutrition based on MUAC in cm and WHZ among children, South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia, 2017/18 (n = 1980).

		Severe acute malnutrition (SAM)				Global acute malnutrition (GAM)
		MUAC <11.5	WHZ < −3	MUAC<11.5 and WHZ < −3	MUAC<11.5 or WHZ < −3	MUAC <12.5	WHZ < −2
Age in month		% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
6–23	Combined (1088)	11.5 (9.6–13.4)	9.9 (8.2–11.9)	7.8 (6.3–9.6)	13.5 (11.5–15.7)	33.5 (30.7–36.4)	26.9 (24.3–29.7)
	Male (559)	14.1 (11.4–17.3)	13.8 (11.0–16.9)	11.7 (8.3–13.6)	17.2 (14.1–20.6)	39.5 (35.5–43.7)	32.2(28.3–36.2)
	Female (529)	8.5 (6.3–11.2)	5.9 (4.0–8.2)	4.7 (3.1–6.9)	9.6 (7.3–12.3)	27.2 (23.5–31.2)	21.4 (17.9–25.1)
24–59	Combined (892)	11.0 (9.0–13.2)	12.3 (10.2–14.7)	9.2 (7.4–11.3)	14.1 (11.9–16.6)	30.2 (27.2–33.3)	27.7 (24.8–30.8)
	Male (504)	12.3 (9.6–15.5)	14.3 (11.3–17.8)	10.5(8.0–13.5)	16.1 (13.0–19.6)	31.7 (27.7–36.0)	29.0 (25.0–33.1)
	Female (388)	9.3 (6.6–12.6)	9.8 (7.0–13.2)	7.5 (5.1–10.6)	11.6 (8.6–15.2)	28.1 (23.7–32.8)	26.0 (21.7–30.7)
6–59	Male (1063)	13.3 (11.3–15.5)	14.0 (12.0–16.3)	10.6 (8.8–12.6)	16.7 (14.5–19.0)	35.8 (33.0–38.8)	30.7(27.9–33.5)
	Female (917)	8.8 (7.1–10.9)	7.5 (5.9–9.4)	5.9(4.5–7.6)	10.5 (8.6–12.6)	27.6 (24.7–30.6)	23.3 (20.6–26.2)
	Total (1980)	11.2 (9.9–12.7)	11.0 (9.7–12.5)	8.4 (7.2–9.7)	13.8 (12.3–15.4)	32.0 (30.0–34.1)	27.3 (25.3–29.3)