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Table 2 Spearman’s correlation (rho) for prevalence of wasting by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference overall and differences in prevalencea

From: Concordance between the estimates of wasting measured by weight-for-height and by mid-upper arm circumference for classification of severity of nutrition crisis: analysis of population-representative surveys from humanitarian settings

 

WHZ v. MUAC

(WHZ- MUAC) v MUAC

(WHZ-MUAC) v WHZ

Latin America and Caribbean

0.3667

−0.6377

0.3726

Eastern and Southern Africa

0.3553

−0.1599

0.8279

Congo, DRC

0.6822

−0.4811

0.2513

West and Central Africa

0.6247

−0.0886

0.6652

Sudan

0.6187

−0.1317

0.6210

Middle East North Africa

0.8901

0.6352

0.8857

South East Asia and Pacific

0.5639

−0.4296

0.4501

All Surveys

0.5485

−0.1634

0.6859

  1. aRho values greater than 0.5 are indicated in bold
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