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Table 3 Result of screening for child undernutrition based on maternal BMI ≤18.5 kg/m2. EDHS, 2011

From: Maternal undernutrition as proxy indicators of their offspring’s undernutrition: evidence from 2011 Ethiopia demographic and health survey

 

95% Confidence Interval

Anthropometric indices

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV1

NPV2

3AUC

0–59 months (n = 8505)

4HAZ (< − 2)

30.3 (28.8, 31.9)

73.6 (72.4, 74.9)

44.3 (42.3, 46.3)

60.4 (59.2, 61.7)

0.52 (0.51, 0.529)

5WAZ (< −2)

37.1 (35.1, 39)

75.7 (74.6, 76.8)

38.5 (36.5, 40.4)

74.6 (73.5, 75.7)

0.564 (0.553, 0.575)

6WHZ (< −2)

41.5 (38.4, 44.6)

73.8 (72.8, 74.8)

17.5 (16, 19.1)

90.4 (89.6, 91.1)

0.577 (0.561, 0.593)

0–11 months (n = 1943)

 HAZ (< −2)

29.2 (23.8, 35.1)

76.3 (74.2, 78.3)

16.4 (13.2, 20.1)

87.1 (85.3, 88.8)

0.528 (0.498, 0.557)

 WAZ (< −2)

31 (26, 36.4)

76.8 (74.7, 78.9)

20.8 (17.3, 24.8)

85 (83.1, 86.8)

0.539 (0.512, 0.567)

 WHZ (< −2)

32 (27, 37.3)

77.1 (75, 79.1)

22.3 (18.6, 26.3)

84.7 (82.7, 86.5)

0.546 (0.518, 0.573)

12–23 months (n = 1612)

 HAZ (< −2)

34.5 (31, 38.1)

70 (66.9, 72.9)

46.8 (42.4, 51.2)

58.2 (55.3, 61.2)

0.522 (0.499, 0.545)

 WAZ (< −2)

43.6 (39.2, 48.1)

73.3 (70.6, 75.9)

42.3 (38, 46.7)

74.3 (71.6, 76.9)

0.584 (0.559, 0.61)

 WHZ (< − 2)

50.2 (43.9, 56.5)

71.5 (69, 73.9)

24.9 (21.2, 28.8)

88.4 (86.4, 90.3)

0.608 (0.575, 0.641)

24–35 months (n = 1515)

 HAZ (< − 2)

29.9 (26.7, 33.1)

73.8 (70.4, 77)

57.1 (52.3,61.9)

47.3 (44.3, 50.4)

0.518 (0.496, 0.541)

 WAZ (< −2)

37.1 (33, 41.3)

76.8 (74, 79.4)

47.1 (42.3, 51.9)

68.7 (65.8, 71.4)

0.569 (0.545, 0.594)

 WHZ (< −2)

37.9 (30, 46.4)

72.8 (70.4, 75.2)

12.9 (9.85, 16.4)

91.7 (89.9, 93.3)

0.554 (0.513, 0.595)

36–47 months (n = 1766)

 HAZ (< −2)

28.6 (25.7, 31.6)

72.6 (69.4, 75.6)

53.7 (49.2, 58.2)

47.7 (44.9, 50.5)

0.506 (0.485, 0.527)

 WAZ (< −2)

34.1 (30.2, 38.1)

75 (72.4, 77.4)

40.2 (35.9, 44.9)

69.7 (67.1, 72.2)

0.545 (0.552, 0.568)

 WHZ (< −2)

44.8 (36.2, 53.6)

73.3 (71.1, 75.5)

12.1 (9.38, 15.3)

94.2 (92.7, 95.4)

0.591 (0.547, 0.634)

48–59 months (n = 1669)

 HAZ (< − 2)

29.6 (26.4, 33)

73 (70, 75.9)

48.1 (43.5, 52.7)

55.1 (52.3, 58)

0.513 (0.491, 0.535)

 WAZ (< −2)

37.8 (33.6, 42.1)

76.3 (73.7, 78.7)

42.3 (37.8, 47)

72.6 (70, 75.2)

0.57 (0.546, 0.594)

 WHZ (< −2)

48.6 (40.1, 57.1)

73.7 (71.5, 75.9)

14.7 (11.6, 18.2)

93.9 (92.4, 95.2)

0.612 (0.569, 0.654)

  1. 1PPV: Positive predictive value, 2NNP: Negative predictive value, 3AUC: Area Under Roc Curve, 4HAZ: height-for-age z-score
  2. 5WAZ: weight-for-age z-score, 6WHZ: weight-for-height z-score