Table 2.
Characteristics of children admitted with/without mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC)<11·5 cm and/or weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ)<−3 among hospitalized children under 5 years of age, Delhi, India, February 2012–March 2013
| MUAC≥11·5 cm and WHZ≥−3 (n 1216) | MUAC<11·5 cm and WHZ≥−3 (n 75) | MUAC<11·5 cm and WHZ<−3 (n 144) | MUAC≥11·5 cm and WHZ<−3 (n 228) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical feature | n or Median | % or IQR | n or Median | % or IQR | n or Median | % or IQR | n or Median | % or IQR |
| Age<1 year, n and % | 267 | 22·0 | 38 | 50·7 | 59 | 41·0% | 43 | 18·8 |
| Age (months), median and IQR | 24 | 12–40 | 11 | 9–24 | 13 | 9–23 | 24 | 13–36 |
| Duration of illness (d), median and IQR | 2 | 1–5 | 5 | 3–11·75 | 7 | 2–18 | 3 | 1–7 |
| Seizure, n and % | 539 | 44·3 | 17 | 22·4 | 20 | 13·9 | 97 | 42·5 |
| Fast breathing, n and % | 303 | 24·9 | 31 | 41·3 | 45 | 31·2 | 63 | 27·6 |
| Diarrhoea, n and % | 179 | 14·7 | 20 | 26·7 | 75 | 52·1 | 51 | 22·4 |
| Dehydration, n and % | 122 | 10·0 | 14 | 18·7 | 65 | 45·1 | 40 | 17·5 |
| Hb (g/dl), median and IQR | 9·7 | 8·2–10·9 | 8·5 | 5·9–10·2 | 9·1 | 7·0–10·5 | 9·5 | 8·1–10·8 |
| Blood sugar (mg/dl), median and IQR | 100 | 85–124 | 103 | 80–143 | 90 | 74–109 | 99 | 82–125 |
| Duration of stay (h), median and IQR | 62 | 26–114 | 96·5 | 44–190 | 121 | 49–197 | 67 | 29–137 |
| Outcome (mortality), n and % | 65 | 5·3 | 15 | 20·0 | 26 | 18·1 | 18 | 7·9 |
IQR, interquartile range.