Supplementary Table 1. Children aged 6-35 months: Prevalence of malnutrition, mortality within 90 days and mortality risk ratio for MUAC and MUAC z-score for different cut-offs within 90 days of follow up in Guinea-Bissaufor boys and girls in 1995-96 and 2005-06.

1995-96 Cohort / 2005-06 Cohort
MUAC / MUAC z-score / MUAC / MUAC z-score
Cut-off / Above / Below / Cut-off / Above / Below / Cut-off / Above / Below / Cut-off / Above / Below
Boys
Prevalence of
Malnutrition / 115 / 9252
(99.1%) / 87
(0.9%) / - 3 SD / 9227
(98.8%) / 112
(1.2%) / 115 / 15050
(99.6%) / 55
(0.4%) / - 3 SD / 15023
(99.5%) / 82
(0.5%)
125 / 8983
(96.2%) / 356
(3.8%) / - 2 SD / 8855
(94.8%) / 484
(5.2%) / 125 / 14789
(97.9%) / 316
(2.1%) / - 2 SD / 14683
(97.2%) / 422
(2.8%)
Deaths/PYO
(Rate/100 PYO) / 115 / 74/1943
(3.8) / 6/18
(33.8) / - 3 SD / 73/1938
(3.8) / 7/23
(30.7) / 115 / 39/3363
(1.2) / 7/12
(57.8) / - 3 SD / 34/3357
(1.0) / 12/18
(68.2)
125 / 64/1886
(3.4) / 16/75
(21.4) / - 2 SD / 61/1860
(3.3) / 19/101
(18.8) / 125 / 31/3302
(0.9) / 15/72
(20.8) / - 2 SD / 32/3280
(1.0) / 14/95
(14.7)
Girls
Prevalence of
Malnutrition / 115 / 8929
(98.6%) / 129
(1.4%) / - 3 SD / 8959
(98.8%) / 99
(1.1%) / 115 / 14971 (99.4%) / 89 (0.6%) / - 3 SD / 14995 (99.6%) / 65 (0.4%)
125 / 8499
(93.8%) / 559
(6.2%)
59 / - 2 SD / 8659
(95.6%) / 399
(4.4%) / 125 / 14541 (96.6%) / 519 (3.4%) / - 2 SD / 14726 (97.8%) / 334 (2.2%)
Deaths/PYO
(Rate/100 PYO) / 115 / 65/1884
(3.5) / 12/27
(45.0) / - 3 SD / 64/1891
(3.4) / 13/20
(64.8) / 115 / 25/3342
(0.7) / 11/20
(56.2) / - 3 SD / 27/3348
(0.8) / 9/14
(64.2)
125 / 52/1791
(2.9) / 25/119
(20.9) / - 2 SD / 56/1826
(3.1) / 21/84
(24.9) / 125 / 22/3242
(0.7) / 14/119
(11.7) / - 2 SD / 22/3287
(0.7) / 14/75
(18.6)