Anthropometric failures and its predictors among under five children in Ethiopia: multilevel logistic regression model using 2019 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data

Table 1 Category of anthropometric failure in under five children using Composite Index of Anthropometric (CIAF)

Group	CIAF	Description of the level	Wasting	Stunting	Underweight
A	No failure	Normal WAZ, HAZ and WHZ	No	No	No
B	Wasting only	WAZ < -2SD, bun normal HAZ and WHZ	Yes	No	No
C	Wasting and underweight	WAZ and WHZ < -2SD, but HAZ normal	Yes	No	Yes
D	Wasting, underweight and stunting	WAZ, WHZ and HAZ < -2SD	Yes	Yes	Yes
E	Stunting and underweight	HAZ and WHZ < -2SD, but WAZ normal	No	Yes	Yes
F	Stunting only	HAZ < -2SD, but normal WAZ and WHZ	No	Yes	No
Y	Underweight only	WHZ < -2SD, but normal HAZ and WAZ	No	No	Yes

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