Table 1.
Kaplan-Meir survival estimates for severe acute community-acquired pneumonia recovery time with different covariates in selected governmental hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2020 (n=388)
| Variables | Category | Frequency (%) | Median recovery time (95% CI) | Log-rank χ2 value | P value |
| Age | <1 year | 221 (56.96) | 7 (6 to 7) | 8.33 | 0.0155 |
| 1–5 years | 155 (39.95) | 5 (4 to 6) | |||
| 5–15 years | 12 (3.09) | 6 (3 to 12) | |||
| Sex | Male | 224 (57.73) | 6 (5 to 6) | 0.85 | 0.3568 |
| Female | 164 (42.27) | 6 (5 to 7) | |||
| Residence | Urban | 346 (89.18) | 6 (5 to 6) | 3.45 | 0.0633 |
| Rural | 42 (10.82) | 10 (6 to 24) | |||
| Exclusive breast feeding | Yes | 302 (77.8) | 6 (5 to 6) | 4.28 | 0.0386 |
| No | 68 (22.2) | 7 (6 to 9) | |||
| Vaccination status | Fully vaccinated | 345 (88.9) | 6 (5 to 6) | 9.97 | 0.0016 |
| Partially vaccinated | 43 (11.1) | 9 (7 to 12) | |||
| Sunlight exposure | Yes | 399 (87.4) | 6 (5 to 6) | 9.17 | 0.0025 |
| No | 49 (12.6) | 10 (7 to 12) | |||
| Weight for age | Normal | 255 (65.7) | 5 (5 to 6) | 24.15 | 0.0000 |
| Underweight | 133 (34.3) | 8 (7 to 9) | |||
| Height for age | Normal | 269 (69.3) | 5 (5 to 6) | 25.36 | 0.0000 |
| Stunting | 119 (30.7) | 8 (7 to 9) | |||
| Weight for height | Normal | 268 (69.1) | 5 (5 to 6) | 8.15 | 0.0043 |
| Wasting | 120 (30.9) | 8 (6 to 9) | |||
| Duration | ≤5 days | 305 (78.6) | 6 (5 to 6) | 9.96 | 0.0016 |
| >5 days | 83 (21.4) | 9 (6 to 11) | |||
| Danger sign | Yes | 35 (9) | 12 (8 to 17) | 12.72 | 0.0004 |
| No | 353 (91) | 6 (5 to 6) | |||
| Comorbidity | Yes | 295 (76) | 7 (6 to 8) | 33.68 | 0.0000 |
| No | 93 (24) | 4 (4 to 8) |
Among all participants, 133 (34%), 120 (30.9%) and 119 (30.7%) were severely underweight, wasted and stunted, respectively.