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Table 6 Multivariate association of anthropometry and body composition indices

From: Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India

Z-Scores

WHZ

WAZ

HAZ

BMIZ

MUACZ

Parameters

β Coeff.

SE

95% CI

β Coeff.

SE

95% CI

β Coeff.

SE

95% CI

β Coeff.

SE

95% CI

β Coeff.

SE

95% CI

(Constant)

−3.48***

0.1

−3.67, −3.29

− 3.79***

0.17

−4.12, − 3.46

−2.49***

0.30

−3.07, −1.91

− 3.34***

0.12

−3.57, − 3.11

3.73***

1.30

1.18, 6.27

Age-group (24_59m = 1, 6_23m = 0)

0.001

0.04

− 0.07, 0.07

0.06

0.06

− 0.05, 0.18

0.12

0.11

−0.09, 0.33

0.01

0.04

−0.07, 0.09

−1.28***

0.46

−2.18, −0.37

Sex (Male = 1, Female = 0)

−0.15***

0.03

−0.22, − 0.09

− 0.13**

0.06

−0.24, − 0.02

− 0.40***

0.10

−0.60, − 0.20

−0.01

0.04

−0.09, 0.07

0.56

0.44

−0.31, 1.43

Caste_tribe (ST/SC = 1, Others = 0)

−0.05

0.04

−0.12, 0.03

−0.04

0.06

−0.16, 0.08

− 0.30

0.11

− 0.25, 0.19

−0.05

0.04

−0.14, 0.04

0.03

0.49

−0.92, 0.99

Household Wealth Quintile 1

−0.11*

0.06

−0.21, 0.01

−0.43***

0.09

−0.61, − 0.25

− 0.71***

0.17

−1.04, − 0.38

−0.004

0.07

−0.13. 0.13

− 0.41

0.74

− 1.86, 1.04

Household Wealth Quintile 2

−0.08

0.06

−0.19, 0.03

− 0.36***

0.09

− 0.54, − 0.17

− 0.62***

0.17

−0.95, − 0.29

0.02

0.07

− 0.11, 0.15

−0.36

0.73

−1.80, 1.08

Household Wealth Quintile 3

−0.04

0.05

−0.15, 0.06

−0.26***

0.09

−0.44, − 0.08

− 0.45***

0.16

−0.77, − 0.14

0.03

0.06

− 0.10, 0.15

0.52

0.71

−0.86, 1.91

Household Wealth Quintile 4

−0.06

0.05

−0.16, 0.04

−0.15*

0.09

−0.32, 0.03

− 0.24

0.16

− 0.55, 0.07

−0.01

0.06

−0.14, 0.11

0.57

0.69

−0.78, 1.93

FMI

0.01

0.02

−0.03, 0.04

−0.003

0.03

−0.06, 0.06

− 0.02

0.05

− 0.13, 0.09

0.01

0.02

−0.03, 0.05

− 0.48**

0.24

− 0.95, − 0.01

FFMI

0.02***

0.01

0.01, 0.04

0.04***

0.01

0.01, 0.06

0.04*

0.02

−0.002, 0.09

0.02**

0.01

0.00, 0.04

−0.48***

0.10

−0.68, − 0.29

  1. ***p-value < 0.01, **p-value < 0.05, *p-value < 0.10