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Table 3 Regression coefficients describing trends over time for age-standardised YLDs and deaths rate per 100,000 for both sexes for diarrhoeal diseases for all WASH risk factors, and child nutrition risk factors for under 5 in the DRC from 1990 to 2019

From: The burden of diarrhoeal diseases in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a time-series analysis of the global burden of disease study estimates (1990–2019)

  YLDS Coefficient (95%CI) DEATHS Coefficient (95%CI)
RISK FACTORS 1990 – 1995 1996 – 2003 2004 – 2019 1990 – 2000 2001 – 2019
WASH FOR AGE STANDARDISED 0.11 (-0.1, 0.31) 4.41 (4.14, 4.68) * 1.1 (0.92, 1.28)* 2.61 (2.07, 3.16)* -3.97 (-4.28, -3.67)*
P-value 0.221  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
CHILD MALNUTRITION FOR UNDER-5 0.56 (0.25, 0.86)* 5.0 (4.46, 5.55)* -3.25 (-3.74, -2.77)* 27.69 (23.15, 32.24)* -23.43 (-24.61, -22.25)*
P-value 0.008  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001  < 0.001
  1. Statistically significant: (*), YLDs Years Lived with Disability
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