Table 4 Correct classification rate of children nutrition status based on height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) as either malnourish (HAZ < −2.0) or nourish (HAZ ≥ −2.0) from linear regression (LM) and logistic regression (BLogM) models, and the overall correct classification rate of children nutrition status by LM and BLogM models, BDHS 2011
Observed nutrition status | Predicted nutrition status by LM | Correct classification by LM (%) | Predicted nutrition status by BLogM | Correct classification by BLogM (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nourish | Malnourish | Nourish | Malnourish | |||
Nourish | 3609 | 913 | 79.8 | 3541 | 996 | 78.0 |
Malnourish | 1657 | 1432 | 46.4 | 1571 | 1539 | 49.5 |
Overall correct classification rate (%) | 65.3 | 66.4 | ||||