Figure 1: Individual Dietary Diversity Score (n=174)

Food Groups/Types
Response
Frequency
Percent
95% LCL
95% UCL
Cereals
Yes
127
72.99%
65.75%
79.43%
No
47
27.01%
20.57%
34.25%
Eggs
Yes
0
0
0
0
No
174
100.00%
97.90%
100.00%
Fish and Sea Foods
Yes
0
0
0
0
No
174
100.00%
97.90%
100.00%
Fruits
Yes
1
0.57%
0.01%
3.16%
No
173
99.43%
96.84%
99.99%
Legumes and Nuts
Yes
12
6.94%
3.64%
11.80%
No
161
93.06%
88.20%
96.36%
Meat
Yes
75
43.10%
35.63%
50.81%
No
99
56.90%
49.19%
64.37%
Milk and Milk Products
Yes
3
1.73%
0.36%
4.98%
No
170
98.27%
95.02%
99.64%
Oils and Fats
Yes
35
20.35%
14.60%
27.15%
No
137
79.65%
72.85%
85.40%
Spices and Beverages
Yes
0
0
0
0
No
174
100.00%
97.90%
100.00%
Sweets (Tea with Sugar)
Yes
98
56.32%
48.61%
63.81%
No
76
43.68%
36.19%
51.39%
Vegetables
Yes
33
18.97%
13.43%
25.59%
No
141
81.03%
74.41%
86.57%

Table 1: Frequency of food groups consumed by children less than 5 years based on 24-hour consumption recall (April, 2016)
Age in N months
Weight-for-age (%)
% < -3SD
(95% CI)
% < -2SD
(95% CI)
(6-11)
22
36.4
(14%, 58.7%)
54.5
(31.5%, 77.6%)
(12-23)
43
30.2
(15.3%, 45.1%)
48.8
(32.7%, 64.9%)
(24-35)
24
54.2
(32.1%, 76.2%)
91.7
(78.5%, 100%)
(36-47)
41
39
(22.9%, 55.2%)
56.1
(39.7%, 72.5%)
(48-60)
36
27.8
(11.8%, 43.8%)
63.9
(46.8%, 81%)
Overall
167
36.5
(28.9%, 44.1%)
61.1
(53.4%, 68.8%)

Table 2: Prevalence of underweight as measured by weight-for-age z-scores in children less than five years 

Age in N months
Length/height-for-age (%)
% < -3SD
(95% CI)
% < -2SD
(95% CI)
(6-11)
20
60
(36%, 84%)
75
(53.5%, 96.5%)
(12-23)
42
35.7
(20%, 51.4%)
54.8
(38.5%, 71%)
(24-35)
21
38.1
(14.9%, 61.2%)
71.4
(49.7%, 93.1%)
(36-47)
36
25
(9.5%, 40.5%)
38.9
(21.6%, 56.2%)
(48-60)
34
20.6
(5.5%, 35.7%)
41.2
(23.2%, 59.2%)
Overall
154
33.1
(25.4%, 40.9%)
53.2
(45%, 61.5%)

Table 3: Prevalence of Stunting as measured by height-for-age z-scores in children less than five years
Age in N months
Weight-for-length/height (%)
% < -3SD
(95% CI)
% < -2SD
(95% CI)
% > +1SD
(95% CI)
% > +2SD
(95% CI)
% > +3SD
(95% CI)
(6-11)
19
26.3
(3.9%, 48.7%)
47.4
(22.3%, 72.5%)
26.3
(3.9%, 48.7%)
10.5
(0%, 27%)
10.5
(0%, 27%)
(12-23)
41
19.5
(6.2%, 32.9%)
31.7
(16.2%, 47.2%)
17.1
(4.3%, 29.8%)
4.9
(0%, 12.7%)
2.4
(0%, 8.4%)
(24-35)
22
36.4
(14%, 58.7%)
45.5
(22.4%, 68.5%)
0
(0%, 2.3%)
0
(0%, 2.3%)
0
(0%, 2.3%)
(36-47)
35
11.4
(0%, 23.4%)
34.3
(17.1%, 51.4%)
2.9
(0%, 9.8%)
0
(0%, 1.4%)
0
(0%, 1.4%)
(48-60)
32
34.4
(16.4%, 52.4%)
50
(31.1%, 68.9%)
0
(0%, 1.6%)
0
(0%, 1.6%)
0
(0%, 1.6%)
Total:
150
24
(16.8%, 31.2%)
40.7
(32.5%, 48.9%)
8.7
(3.8%, 13.5%)
2.7
(0%, 5.6%)
2
(0%, 4.6%)
Table 4: Weight-for-height (WHZ) z-scores indicating the prevalence of wasting in children less than 5 years of age
Age in N groups
Mid-upper arm circumference-for-age** (%)
% < -3SD
(95% CI)
% < -2SD
(95% CI)
% > +1SD
(95% CI)
% > +2SD
(95% CI)
% > +3SD
(95% CI)
(6-11)
13
30.8
(1.8%, 59.7%)
46.2
(15.2%, 77.1%)
0
(0%, 3.8%)
0
(0%, 3.8%)
0
(0%, 3.8%)
(12-23)
19
47.4
(22.3%, 72.5%)
84.2
(65.2%, 100%)
0
(0%, 2.6%)
0
(0%, 2.6%)
0
(0%, 2.6%)
(24-35)
10
80
(50.2%, 100%)
80
(50.2%, 100%)
0
(0%, 5%)
0
(0%, 5%)
0
(0%, 5%)
(36-47)
20
65
(41.6%, 88.4%)
80
(60%, 100%)
0
(0%, 2.5%)
0
(0%, 2.5%)
0
(0%, 2.5%)
(48-60)
18
44.4
(18.7%, 70.2%)
83.3
(63.3%, 100%)
0
(0%, 2.8%)
0
(0%, 2.8%)
0
(0%, 2.8%)
Total:
80
52.5
(40.9%, 64.1%)
76.3
(66.3%,86.2%)
0
(0%, 0.6%)
0
(0%, 0.6%)
0
(0%, 0.6%)
Table 5: Mid-upper arm circumferences (MUAC) of children amidst of a severe drought crisis in Siti zone of Somali Regional State of Ethiopia, April 2016
Indicators
Frequency
Percent
95% LCL
95% UCL
Coughing
Yes
87
50.58%
42.87%
58.28%
No
85
49.42%
41.72%
57.13%
Diarrhea
Yes
50
28.90%
22.27%
36.27%
No
123
71.10%
63.73%
77.73%
Fever
Yes
61
35.26%
28.16%
42.87%
No
112
64.74%
57.13%
71.84%
Oedema
Yes
16
9.25%
5.38%
14.58%
No
157
90.75%
85.42%
94.62%
Table 6: Frequency of common childhood disease indicators (n =174)
Determinant factor
Children with MUAC=11.5cm (No, %)
Children with MUAC>11.5cm (No, %)
Chi-square
P-value
Had Diarrhea
Yes
21 (36.8%)
29 (25%)
2.6
0.07
No
36 (63.2%)
87 (75%)
Had Coughing
Yes
27 (47.4%)
57 (49.1%)
0.19
0.39
No
30 (52.6%)
59 (50.9%)
Had Oedema
Yes
5 (8.8%)
11 (9.5%)
0.2
0.56
No
52 (91.2%)
105 (90.5%)
Had Fever
Yes
28 (49.1%)
33 (28.4%)
7.2
0.006
No
29 (50.9%)
83 (71.6%)
Vaccination
Yes
20 (35.1%)
29 (25.0%)
1.9
0.12
No
37 (64.9%)
87 (75.0%)
Dietary Diversity Score
1
16 (28.1%)
30 (25.9%)
9.3
0.03
2
24 (42.1%)
38 (32.8%)
3
15 (26.3%)
24 (20.7%)
4
2 (3.5%)
18 (15.5%)
5
0 (0%)
6 (5.2%)
Sex
Male
28 (49.1%)
59 (50.9%)
0.05
0.48
Female
29 (50.9%)
57 (49.1%)
Breast Feeding
Yes
28 (49.1%)
40 (34.5%)
4.1
0.043
No
29 (50.9%)
76 (65.5%)
Age Groups in months
6-11
24 (42.1%)
0 (0%)
132.3
0.000
12-23
32 (56.1%)
12 (10.3%)
24-35
0 (0%)
25 (21.6%)
36-47
0 (0%)
37 (31.9%)
48-60
0 (0%)
42 (24.3%)
Table 7: Risk Factors associated with wasting based on MUAC measurements (6-60 months of age)
B
S.E.
Wald
df
Sig.
Exp(B)
95% C.I. for Exp(B)
Lower
Upper
Step 4a
Breast-fed
1.609
.760
4.483
1
0.03
5.0
1.127
22.181

Table 8: Stepwise Elimination of the Variables Considered in the Model

Observed
Predicted
MUAC
Percentage Correct
≤11.5cm
>11.5cm
Step 4
MUAC
≤11.5cm
57
0
100.0
12
104
89.7
Overall Percentage
93.1

Table 9: Predictive Power of the Current Model to Classify Children as Malnourished and Not Malnourished Based on 11.5cm as cut off Value