Mid-upper arm circumference at age of routine infant vaccination to identify infants at elevated risk of death: a retrospective cohort study in the Gambia
Martha K Mwangome, Greg Fegan, Tony Fulford, Andrew M Prentice & James A Berkley
Volume 90, Number 12, December 2012, 887-894
Table 1. Distribution of deaths and estimated hazard ratio (HR) for grouped MUAC and WFLz categories with follow-up to 12 months of age
| Measure | No. (%) | Died |
HR for death (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||
| MUAC (mm) (n = 2874) | ||||
| ≥ 130a | 635 (22) | 4 | 0.6 | 1 |
| < 130 but ≥ 115 | 1471 (51) | 18 | 1.2 | 2.3 (0.7–6.8) |
| < 115 but ≥ 110 | 376 (13) | 5 | 1.3 | 2.8 (0.7–11.9) |
| < 110 but ≥ 105 | 191 (7) | 5 | 2.6 | 6.7 (1.5–30) |
| < 105 | 201 (7) | 8 | 4.0 | 23 (4.2–122) |
| < 110 | – | – | – | 9.5 (2.6–35) |
| < 115 | – | – | – | 4.5 (1.4–15) |
| WFLz (n = 2867) | ||||
| ≥ 0a | 1590 (55) | 17 | 1.1 | 1 |
| < 0 but ≥ −1 | 790 (28) | 15 | 1.9 | 1.8 (0.9–3.6) |
| < −1 but ≥ −2 | 341 (12) | 5 | 1.5 | 1.4 (0.5–3.8) |
| < −2 but ≥ −3 | 86 (3) | 0 | 0 | – |
| < 3 | 60 (2) | 3 | 5.0 | 5.8 (1.6–21) |
| < −2 | – | – | – | 1.9 (0.6–6.8) |
| < −1 | – | – | – | 1.5 (0.6–3.5) |
CI, confidence interval; MUAC mid-upper arm circumference; WFLz, weight-for-length Z score.
a Reference group.