Table 2 Direct outcomes of administering RUTF on all patients who returned for at least one follow-up visit (N = 324)
From: The effect of short-term preoperative nutritional intervention for cleft surgery eligibility
|  | Madagascar (n = 158) | Malawi (n = 43) | Ghana (n = 44) | Nicaragua (n = 93) | Honduras (n = 53) | Venezuela (n = 165) | Total (n = 556) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# adequately nourished (Z >  = -1) | 72 (45.6%) | 2 (4.6%) | 11 (25%) | 16 (17.2%) | 6 (11.3%) | 100 (60.6%) | 207 (37.3%) |
Initial malnutrition status of patients recovered: | |||||||
 Mild | 43 (59.7%) | 1 (50.0%) | 7 (63.6%) | 13 (81.3%) | 6 (100.0%) | 75 (75.0%) | 145 (70.0%) |
 Moderate | 15 (20.8%) | 1 (50.0%) | 4 (36.4%) | 1 (6.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (9.0%) | 30 (14.5%) |
 Severe | 14 (19.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (12.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (16.0%) | 32 (15.5%) |
Avg time to eligibility (weeks) (range) | 2.4 (1–30) | 27.8 (26–30) | 11.0 (2–40) | 8.6 (2–43) | 27.3 (3–103) | 6.8 (1.5–30) | 6.4 (1–103) |