|
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)
| |
- NOTE: (overall n = 433 was dictated by the variable morbidity)
- Median age in months (IQR) for Kwashiorkor was 12(4–25), marasmus was 8(3–18) and marasmic-kwashiorkor was 12(8–36). P = 0.0001(Kruskal –Wallis)
- *Tested using Chi square
