Table 3.
Frequencies and Chi-Square Results Evaluating Categorical Variables and Recovery (N = 156).
| ≥6 weeks or no recovery | <6 weeks | Univariate Analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n | % | n | % | Total | χ2. | df | OR [95% CI] | p |
| COVID Cohorts | |||||||||
| Post-COVID | 10 | 33.3 | 20 | 66.7 | 30 | .91 | 1 | 0.67 [0.29,1.54] | .341 |
| Pre-COVID | 54 | 42.9 | 72 | 57.1 | 126 | ||||
| Age | |||||||||
| ≤24 months | 56 | 40.3 | 83 | 59.7 | 139 | .29 | 1 | 0.76 [0.28,2.09] | .592 |
| >24 months | 8 | 47.1 | 9 | 52.9 | 17 | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 29 | 39.7 | 44 | 60.3 | 73 | .10 | 1 | 0.90 [0.48,1.71] | .757 |
| Male | 35 | 42.2 | 48 | 57.8 | 83 | ||||
| Severity of Malnutrition |
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| Mild | 1 | 20.0 | 4 | 80.0 | 5 | 3.44 | 1 | 0.28 [0.03,2.57] | .064 |
| Moderate | 24 | 34.8 | 45 | 65.2 | 69 | 0.47 [0.05, 4.43] | |||
| Severe | 39 | 47.6 | 43 | 52.4 | 82 | 0.59 [0.30, 1.14] | |||
| Admit Weight | |||||||||
| <7 kg | 49 | 45.4 | 59 | 54.6 | 108 | 2.74 | 1 | 1.83 [0.89,3.75] | .098 |
| ≥7 kg | 15 | 31.3 | 33 | 68.8 | 48 | ||||
| Amoxicillin | |||||||||
| Yes | 30 | 53.6 | 26 | 46.4 | 56 | 6.07 | 1 | 2.31 [1.18,4.52] | .014** |
| No | 33 | 33.3 | 66 | 66.7 | 99 |
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| Multivitamin | |||||||||
| Yes | 17 | 34.0 | 33 | 66.0 | 50 | 1.35 | 1 | 0.66 [0.33,1.33] | .245 |
| No | 46 | 43.8 | 59 | 56.2 | 105 | ||||
| Nebulizer/ Bronchodilator |
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| Yes | 38 | 48.7 | 40 | 51.3 | 78 | 4.24 | 1 | 1.98 [1.03,3.79] | .039* |
| No | 25 | 32.5 | 52 | 67.5 | 77 | ||||
|
Variables |
n |
% |
n |
% |
Total |
χ2. |
df |
OR [95% CI] |
p |
| Zinc | |||||||||
| Yes | 57 | 43.5 | 74 | 56.5 | 131 | 2.88 | 1 | 2.31 [0.86,6.20] | .090 |
| No | 6 | 25.0 | 18 | 75.0 | 24 | ||||
Note. N = 155 for the following variables, Amoxicillin, Nebulizer/bronchodilator, Zinc, and Multivitamin. Mantel-Haenszel was reported for non-binary variables (Severity of Malnutrition). Asterisks (*) indicate significant results. Double asterisks (**) indicate significance in both univariate and multivariable analyses (Data for multivariate not shown).