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Table 2 Estimated differences in MUAC (mm) per difference in food energy production from crop harvest

From: Household cereal crop harvest and children’s nutritional status in rural Burkina Faso

Model adjustments

Reduction in MUAC (95% CI) at 3000 vs 1000 kcal/ae/da:

Reduction in MUAC (95% CI) for a 1000 kcal/ae/d decline in crop harvest below 2900 kcal/ae/db:

Food crop harvest alone

Food & cash crop harvest combined

Food crop harvest alone

Food & cash crop harvest combined

Model 1: unadjusted

2.44 (0.14, 4.73)

2.01 (0.12, 3.90)

1.27 (−0.01, 2.55)

1.64 (0.22, 3.05)

Model 2: adjusted for children’s age, sex, and month of MUAC measurement

2.67 (0.58, 4.76)

1.98 (0.26, 3.71)

1.44 (−0.27, 2.60)

1.57 (0.29, 2.85)

Model 3: model 2 + adjustments for household wealth, non-agricultural occupation, garden produce, village infrastructure, and market presence

2.49 (0.45, 4.52)

1.99 (0.27, 3.69)

1.29 (0.15, 2.42)

1.55 (0.30, 2.81)

Model 4: model 3 + adjustment for failure to harvest at least one of the cultivated crops

2.49 (0.46, 4.53)

1.97 (0.26, 3.67)

1.29 (0.15, 2.43)

1.57 (0.31, 2.83)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, MUAC middle-upper arm circumference, kcal/ae/d, kilocalories per adult equivalent per day
  2. aEstimates based on models with natural cubic splines
  3. bEstimates based on piecewise linear models
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