Table 1 Morbidity by admission type and demographic factors among under five children in NEMMH, Southern Ethiopia
Variables | Total (N and %) | Types of SAM | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex(n = 500) | Kwashiorkor (N and %) | Marasmus (N and %) | Marasmic-Kwashiorkor (N and %) | 0.670 | |
Male | 257 (51.4) | 97 (52.2) | 70(50.0) | 50(46.7) | |
Female | 243 (48.6) | 89(47.8) | 70(50.0) | 57(53.3) | |
Place of Residence(n = 500) | 0.734 | ||||
Out of Hossana | 412(82.4) | 154(82.8) | 119(85.0) | 87(81.3) | |
Hossana | 88(17.6) | 32(17.2) | 21(15.0) | 20(18.7) | |
Co-morbidity (n = 356) | 0.588 | ||||
Acute gastro enteritis (AGE) | 78(21.9) | 31(23.1) | 23(22.1) | 11(15.9) | |
Diarrhoea | 39(11) | 19(14.2) | 10(9.6) | 5(7.2) | |
PTB | 15(4.2) | 6(4.5) | 5(4.8) | 4(5.8) | |
Pneumonia | 118(33.1) | 37(27.6) | 39(37.5) | 26(37.7) | |
Others | 106(29.8) | 41(30.6) | 27(26.0) | 23(33.3) | |
Admission type (n = 498) | 0.234 | ||||
New | 444(89.2) | 170(91.4) | 124(88.6) | 90(84.9) | |
Repeat | 54(10.8) | 16(8.6) | 16(11.4) | 16(15.1) | |