Mothers screening for malnutrition by mid-upper arm circumference is non-inferior to community health workers: results from a large-scale pragmatic trial in rural Niger

Table 5 Children admitted for treatment of severe acute malnutrition by admissions criteria in health zones where mothers or community health workers performed malnutrition screening, Mirriah District, Niger between June 2013 and May 2014

Admission Criteria	Mothers Zone	Community Health Workers Zone	Risk Difference^a [95 % CI]	p-value
Admission Criteria	(n = 1,371)	(n = 988)	Risk Difference^a [95 % CI]	p-value
Edema	9 (0.66 %)	4 (0.40 %)	0.25 % [−0.33; 0.83]	0.4154^a
Edema, MUAC <115 mm, height ≥ 65/67 cm	5 (0.36 %)	6 (0.61 %)	−0.24 % [−0.82; 0.34]	0.3935^c
MUAC <115 mm, height ≥ 65/67 cm	564 (41.14 %)	407 (41.19 %)	−0.06 % [−4.08; 3.97]	0.9781^a
WHZ < −3, MUAC ≥115 mm, height ≥ 65/67 cm	572 (41.72 %)	410 (41.50 %)	0.22 % [−3.81;4,26]	0.9135^a
WHZ < −3, height <65/67 cm (no MUAC taken)	221 (16.12 %)	161 (16.30 %)	−0.18 % [−3.29; 3.84]	0.9089^a

MUAC mid-upper arm circumference, CHW Community Health Worker, MAM Moderate acute malnutrition, WHZ weight for height Z-score
^aRisk Difference: The difference between the proportion admitted in the Mothers Zone and the proportion admitted in the CHWs Zone
^bTwo-tailed p-value for Yates corrected chi-square test (admission criteria in Mothers Zone and admissions criteria in CHWs Zone.)
^cTwo-tailed p-value for Fisher exact test (admission criteria in Mothers Zone and admissions criteria in CHWs Zone.)

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