Fig 1.
Agricultural calendar of Jimma zone and study implementation period.
Fig 2.
Subject flow diagram.
Table 1.
Baseline household and child characteristics.
Table 2.
Final Outcomes of the MAM cohort after 28 weeks of follow up.
Fig 3.
Kaplan-Meier failure function estimates for recovering from moderate acute malnutrition with no episode of severe acute malnutrition during follow up, by mid-upper arm circumference category at enrolment.
Table 3.
Incidence of Severe Acute Malnutrition as per Ethiopian operational definition and protocols (MUAC <11cm or bilateral pitting oedema).
Fig 4.
Survival curve for developing Severe Acute Malnutrition as per Ethiopian operational criteria (MUAC <11cm or bilateral pitting oedema), stratified by MUAC category at enrolment.
Table 4.
Predictors of occurrence of severe acute malnutrition based on parameters at enrolment: bivariate and Cox proportional hazards analyses†.
Table 5.
Baseline predictors of remaining MAM at the end of follow up; unadjusted relative risk ratio and 95% CI for remaining MAM and for relapsing to MAM after recovering† (n = 763).
Table 6.
Baseline predictors of remaining MAM at the end of follow up; adjusted relative risk ratio and 95% CI for remaining MAM or relapsing to MAM after recovering† (n = 763).
Table 7.
Baseline predictors of recovery: bivariate and Cox proportional hazards analyses†.
Table 8.
Distribution of outcomes based on the WHO (2009) MUAC based operational definitions.
Table 9.
Incidence of Severe Acute Malnutrition when using WHO (2009) MUAC-based case definition of MAM and SAM.
Table 10.
Predictors of occurrence of severe acute malnutrition (using WHO MUAC cut-off) based on parameters at enrolment: bivariate and Cox proportional hazards analyses †.