Parameters | Districts (Mean ± SE) |
| Overall N = 480 | P-value | ||||||
| Alamata N = 60 | Atsbie- Wemberta N = 60 | Degua Tembien N = 60 | Enderta N = 60 | Ganta Afeshume N = 60 | Mekelle area N = 60 | Offla N = 60 | WKA N = 60 | ||
MAASM (months) | 6.9 ± 0.21d | 8.0 ± 0.12bc | 7.7 ± 0.15c | 6.8 ± 0.11de | 9.0 ± 0.18a | 7.5 ± 0.09c | 6.4 ± 0.18e | 8.3 ± 0.08b | 7.5 ± 0.66 | <0.001 |
FAASM (months) | 6.1 ± 0.16f | 9.5 ± 0.19b | 8.0 ± 0.19cd | 8.5 ± 0.16c | 7.9 ± 0.21d | 8.5 ± 0.13c | 7.1 ± 0.23e | 11.0 ± 0.08a | 8.3 ± 0.09 | <0.001 |
ALI (months) | 8.8 ± 0.14a | 8.0 ± 0.13cd | 8.3 ± 0.17bc | 8.6 ± 0.15ab | 8.4 ± 0.12bc | 6.9 ± 0.15f | 7.3 ± 0.13e | 7.8 ± 0.10d | 8.0 ± 0.05 | <0.001 |
ARLT (years) | 11.0 ± 0.16a | 9.2 ±0.14c | 9.7 ± 0.27b | 7.6 ± 0.15e | 9.9 ± 0.22b | 10.8 ± 0.09a | 8.6 ± 0.12d | 9.8 ± 0.17b | 9.6 ± 0.08 | <0.001 |
AAW (months) | 3.1 ± 0.03b | 3.0 ± 0.03bc | 3.1 ± 0.04bc | 3.2 ± 0.17ab | 3.0 ± 0.01bc | 3.0 ± 0.03bc | 2.9 ± 0.03c | 3.4 ± 0.03a | 3.1 ± 0.02 | <0.001 |
MMAA (months) | 10.6 ± 0.07c | 10.7 ± 0.17c | 11.9 ± 0.52a | 11.6 ± 0.15ab | 11.1 ± 0.15bc | 9.2 ± 0.20d | 10.9 ± 0.32bc | 11.6 ± 0.11ab | 10.9 ± 0.09 | <0.001 |