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Non-Linear Effects of Continuous Predictors on Malnutrition Status of Children in Bangladesh
ISSN: 1929 - 4247
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Non-Linear Effects of Continuous Predictors on Malnutrition Status of Children in Bangladesh
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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IAA.ZONE/192991064247
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Abstract
Background: To explore non-linear effects of continuous covariates on response variable, generalized additive model (GAM) has now been extensively used. The main aim of this study is to explore the non-linear effect of some selected continuous covariates on malnutrition status of children in Bangladesh using logistic additive model. Methods: To determine the factors of malnutrition status of children in Bangladesh, data are excluded from Bangladesh Demographic and Health survey 2014 (BDHS 2014). The anthropometric index of nutrition status, stunting is used as binary response variable and several demographic, socio-economic and health related variables are used as covariates. Bivariate analysis and additive logistic regression model is used to uncover the non-linear effect of included continuous variables as well as effect of categorical covariates on stunting in the study. Results: The analysis exposes that mother’s current age, moth...
