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Table 3 Coefficients in linear mixed model analyses (95% CI).

From: The duration of diarrhea and fever is associated with growth faltering in rural Malawian children aged 6-18 months

Parameters

Change in HAZ

Change in MUACZ

Change in WAZ

Categorical

   

Male gender

-0.030 (-0.107, 0.047)

0.023 (-0.025, 0.072)

-0.013 (-0.035, 0.008)

Received water from a clean source (deep borehole)

-0.016 (-0.095, 0.063)

-0.003 (-0.047, 0.042)

-0.002 (-0.023, 0.020)

Received fortified peanut/soy spread

0.010 (-0.068, 0.088)

0.013 (-0.031, 0.057)

0.009 (-0.012, 0.031)

Continuous

   

Socioeconomic score

-0.004 (-0.052, 0.043)

-0.005 (-0.031, 0.022)

-0.0009 (-0.014, 0.012)

Days of fever

-0.004 (-0.011, 0.002)

-0.005 (-0.007, -0.003)

-0.003 (-0.005, -0.002)

Days of cough

0.004 (-0.002, 0.010)

-0.0008 (-0.003, 0.002)

-0.001 (-0.002, -0.0001)

Days of diarrhea

-0.007 (-0.012, -0.002)

-0.005 (-0.007, -0.003)

-0.005 (-0.006, -0.0004)

Enrollment WHZ

0.041 (0.005, 0.077)

0.008 (-0.024, 0.040)

-0.021 (-0.031, -0.011)

Enrollment HAZ

-0.058 (-0.094, -0.023)

0.013 (-0.011, 0.037)

-0.006 (-0.016, 0.004)

Enrollment MUAC

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-0.034 (-0.068, -0.001)

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