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Table 2 Estimated regression coefficients (Odds ratio and 95% credible interval (Crl)) for the posterior marginal density for the covariates used in the shared component model

From: Co-morbidity of malnutrition with falciparum malaria parasitaemia among children under the aged 6–59 months in Somalia: a geostatistical analysis

Correlates

Wasting

Low-MUAC

Malaria

 

Odds ratio

95% CrI

Odds ratio

95% CrI

Odds ratio

95% CrI

Individual data

 Vitamin A supplementation

1.00

(0.97–1.03)

0.98

(0.94–1.02)

0.93

(0.89–0.98)

 Measles vaccination

1.01

(0.97–1.04)

1.00

(0.96–1.04)

0.94

(0.89–0.99)

 Polio vaccination

0.94

(0.92–0.97)

1.01

(0.97–1.05)

0.95

(0.90–0.99)

 Diarrhoea

1.11

(1.08–1.14)

1.25

(1.21–1.30)

1.02

(0.97–1.07)

 Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI)

1.04

(1.01–1.07)

1.07

(1.04–1.11)

1.21

(1.16–1.27)

 Febrile Illness

1.04

(1.01–1.07)

1.08

(1.04–1.12)

1.14

(1.09–1.20)

 Suspected measles

1.02

(0.99–1.04)

1.02

(0.99–1.06)

1.00

(0.96–1.04)

 Sex of the child (Female)

0.85

(0.83–0.87)

1.11

(1.07–1.14)

1.02

(0.98–1.06)

 Child age (< 12 months as reference)

12–23 months

0.91

(0.89–0.93)

0.86

(0.84–0.88)

1.09

(1.07–1.11)

24–59 months

0.80

(0.73–0.87)

0.86

(0.79–0.93)

0.91

(0.83–1.00)

Household data

 Household size

1.04

(1.01–1.07)

1.13

(1.09–1.18)

0.96

(0.92–1.00)

 Number of under5

1.00

(0.98–1.03)

1.05

(1.01–1.09)

1.07

(1.02–1.11)

 Female household head

0.99

(0.97–1.02)

0.97

(0.94–1.00)

0.96

(0.92–1.00)

 Age of the mother (20–30 years as reference)

< 20 years

1.02

(1.00–1.05)

1.01

(0.98–1.05)

0.96

(0.92–1.00)

31–40 years

0.94

(0.91–0.97)

0.85

(0.76–0.95)

0.92

(0.88–0.96)

41–50 years

0.92

(0.79–1.06)

0.89

(0.78–1.02)

0.99

(0.95–1.03)

> 50 years

1.03

(0.97–1.09)

0.74

(0.47–1.16)

0.98

(0.94–1.03)

 MUAC of mother

0.90

(0.88–0.92)

0.90

(0.87–0.93)

0.97

(0.93–1.01)

Food access data

 High carbohydrate foods

0.95

(0.93–0.98)

0.93

(0.90–0.97)

0.86

(0.81–0.91)

 High protein foods

0.95

(0.92–0.97)

0.94

(0.91–0.98)

0.93

(0.89–0.97)

 Fats

0.99

(0.97–1.02)

0.93

(0.90–0.97)

0.94

(0.90–0.98)

 Fruits and vegetables

0.97

(0.95–1.00)

0.96

(0.93–1.00)

1.03

(0.98–1.07)

Village data

 Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)

0.67

(0.65–0.69)

0.96

(0.92–0.99)

1.27

(1.21–1.33)

 Rainfall

0.94

(0.91–0.97)

0.91

(0.87–0.94)

1.20

(1.14–1.25)

 Temperature

1.15

(1.11–1.19)

1.17

(1.12–1.24)

0.80

(0.75–0.86)

 Urbanization

1.00

(0.97–1.04)

0.91

(0.78–1.07)

0.60

(0.53–0.68)

 Child slept under the net

0.98

(0.95–1.00)

0.99

(0.95–1.03)

0.83

(0.79–0.87)

  1. Bold values are significant