Table 4 Binary logistic regression model for wasting by MUAC. Results are presented as the overall of the 45 districts and breakdown by province using the pooled dataset of nutrition surveys collected between 2017 and 2019 in Mozambique
Step 1 | B | Sig. | Exp(B) | 95% C.I. for Exp(B) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||
Overall | Sex (girls) | 0.473 | 0.000 | 1.605 | 1.325 | 1.945 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.668 | 0.000 | 5.304 | 4.297 | 6.547 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1.244 | 0.000 | 3.47 | 2.852 | 4.221 | |
Cabo Delgado | Sex (girls) | 0.809 | 0.000 | 2.247 | 1.433 | 3.522 |
Age (< 24 months) | 2.062 | 0.000 | 7.864 | 4.779 | 12.939 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1.211 | 0.000 | 3.357 | 2.113 | 5.333 | |
Nampula | Sex (girls) | 0.519 | 0.049 | 1.68 | 1.002 | 2.818 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.48 | 0.000 | 4.393 | 2.527 | 7.638 | |
Stunting (yes) | 0.843 | 0.002 | 2.323 | 1.359 | 3.972 | |
Zambézia | Sex (girls) | 0.15 | 0.394 | 1.162 | 0.822 | 1.643 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.739 | 0.000 | 5.693 | 3.808 | 8.511 | |
Stunting (yes) | 0.758 | 0.000 | 2.135 | 1.504 | 3.031 | |
Tete | Sex (girls) | 0.621 | 0.019 | 1.86 | 1.108 | 3.122 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.576 | 0.000 | 4.837 | 2.799 | 8.36 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1.653 | 0.000 | 5.224 | 2.935 | 9.298 | |
Sofala | Sex (girls) | 0.772 | 0.109 | 2.164 | 0.842 | 5.563 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.283 | 0.008 | 3.607 | 1.407 | 9.251 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1.859 | 0.000 | 6.419 | 2.416 | 17.057 | |
Manica | Sex (girls) | 0.69 | 0.076 | 1.993 | 0.931 | 4.267 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.665 | 0.000 | 5.286 | 2.388 | 11.699 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1 | 0.012 | 2.718 | 1.247 | 5.921 | |
Inhambane | Sex (girls) | 0.116 | 0.866 | 1.123 | 0.294 | 4.293 |
Age (< 24 months) | 0.786 | 0.25 | 2.195 | 0.575 | 8.382 | |
Stunting (yes) | 2.496 | 0.002 | 12.139 | 2.493 | 59.095 | |
Gaza | Sex (girls) | 1.542 | 0.016 | 4.675 | 1.332 | 16.414 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.427 | 0.008 | 4.165 | 1.447 | 11.992 | |
Stunting (yes) | 0.843 | 0.104 | 2.324 | 0.84 | 6.43 | |
Maputo province | Sex (girls) | −0.472 | 0.357 | 0.624 | 0.228 | 1.705 |
Age (< 24 months) | 1.153 | 0.02 | 3.168 | 1.203 | 8.341 | |
Stunting (yes) | 1.393 | 0.004 | 4.027 | 1.541 | 10.525 | |