Table 2.
Treatment outcomes by admission criteria, children aged 6–59 months, Aweil, South Sudan, January–December 2010
| All (n 2205) | MUAC+ (n 719) | MUAC–/WHZ+ (n 1486) | Reference: MUAC–/WHZ+ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | RR | 95 % CI | P value* | |
| Outcome | |||||||||
| Death | 2 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 4·02 | 2·10, 8·08 | <0·0001 |
| Default | 25 | 564 | 30 | 218 | 23 | 346 | 1·36 | 1·17, 1·58 | <0·0001 |
| Transfer | 9 | 190 | 12 | 89 | 7 | 101 | 1·87 | 1·42, 2·47 | <0·0001 |
| Recovered | 64 | 1411 | 54 | 385 | 69 | 1026 | 0·77 | 0·71, 0·83 | <0·0001 |
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean difference | 95 % CI | P value* | |
| Response for children recovered | |||||||||
| Length of stay (d) | 51·03 | 29·01 | 51·57 | 28·94 | 50·82 | 29·04 | 0·82 | 0·00, 4·32 | 0·647 |
| Weight gain (g/kg BW per d) | 5·36 | 3·10 | 6·01 | 3·31 | 5·12 | 2·99 | 0·86 | 0·49, 1·23 | <0·0001 |
| MUAC gain (mm/d) | 0·30 | 0·29 | 0·45 | 0·28 | 0·25 | 0·27 | 0·22 | 0·18, 0·26 | <0·0001 |
MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; WHZ, weight-for-height Z-score; RR, relative risk; BW, body weight.
MUAC+: includes children admitted based on single MUAC<115 mm criterion, regardless of WHZ.
MUAC–/WHZ+: includes children currently admitted but excluded from treatment using a single MUAC<115 mm admission criterion (WHZ<−3 and MUAC≥115 mm).
*
Proportions compared using binomial regression and continuous measures using linear regression; all models are adjusted for age and sex.