Table 1.
Socio demographic characteristics of study participants from three regional states of Ethiopia N = 914.
Table 2.
Nutritional status of under-five children’s by using WHZ and MUACZ from different regions of Ethiopia (n = 914).
Table 3.
Validity of MUAC in detecting moderate acute malnutrition among different ethnic groups of Ethiopia as compared to as compared to weight for Height Z score as gold standard.
Fig 1.
ROC curve for sensitivity and specificity of MUAC as compared to WHZ<-2 among under five children of Ethiopia.
Fig 2.
ROC curve for sensitivity and specificity of MUAC as compared to WHZ<-2 among under five children of Gambella, Ethiopia.
Fig 3.
ROC curve for sensitivity and specificity of MUAC as compared to WHZ<-2 among under five children of Amhara, Ethiopia.
Fig 4.
ROC curve for sensitivity and specificity of MUAC as compared to WHZ<-2 among under five children of Somalia, Ethiopia.
Table 4.
Optimal MAUC Cut off for moderate acute malnutrition among under five children using weight for height Z<-2 as a gold standard.