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Table 7 Predictors of recovery time from severe acute malnutrition among children, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia; October, 2012 to April, 2016

From: Recovery time and associated factors of severe acute malnutrition among children in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based retrospective cohort study

Covariate

 

NO. at risk

Cured (N, %)

Crude HR (95% CI)

P-value

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

Cough

Yes

205

101(49.3)

1

.007**

1.073(.799–1.442)

No

196

107(54.6)

1.455(1.106–1.912)

HIV

Yes

21

9(42.9)

1

.013**

1.263(.615–2.594)

No

155

90(58.1)

2.355(1.198–4.628)

Malaria

Yes

15

5(33.3)

1

.121*

1.184(.504–2.779)

No

382

202(52.9)

1.904(.844–4.298)

TB

Yes

38

19(50.0)

1

.000**

1.540(.911–2.603)

No

360

187(51.9)

2.493(1.529–4.066)

Anemia

Yes

260

125(60.1)

1

.000**

1

No

140

83(39.9)

1.713(1.292–2.272)

1.552(1.134–2.124)**

Fever > 39 °C

Yes

45

18(40.0)

1

.015**

1.354(.810–2.262)

No

356

190(53.4)

1.821(1.121–2.958)

Plumpy nut

Yes

218

180(82.6)

3.008 (2.019–4.482)

.000**

2.063(1.356–3.139)**

No

183

28(15.3)

1

1

Fail to start to lose edema on day 4

Yes

17

6(35.3)

1

052*

1.112(.648–1.906)

No

69

40(57.2)

1.505(.997–2.272)

Edema still present on day 10

Yes

14

4(22.6)

1

.049**

1.201(.605–2.382)

No

72

42(57.2)

1.727(1.003–2.974)

Fail to enter phase 2 on day 10

Yes

129

20(15.5)

1

.000**

1

No

272

188(69.1)

4.216(2.647–6.714)

2.938(1.635–5.279)**

Failure to > 5 g/kg/d for 3 successive days

Yes

145

28(19.3)

1

.000**

1.229(.771–1.959)

No

256

180(70.3)

2.716(1.823–4.047)

Average weight gain

< 8 g/kg/day

53

9(17.0)

1

.025**

1

> 8 g/kg/day

348

199(57.2)

1.190(1.022–1.386)

1.200(1.014–1.422)**

  1. * Variables have p-value ≤0.2 from binary analysis
  2. ** Statistically significant (p-value <0.05) for both analyses