Table 2.

HIV and clinical type of malnutrition according to presence or absence of oedema (kwashiorkor and marasmus respectively).

Type of Malnutrition	HIV negative	HIV positive	Totals
Kwashiorkor (oedematous malnutrition)	n = 348 (87.2% of kwashiorkor) (89.9% of HIV negative)	N = 51 (12.8% of kwashiorkor) (57.3% of HIV positive)	399 (100% of kwashiorkor)
Marasmus	n = 39 (50.6% of marasmus) (10.1% of HIV negative)	n = 38 (49.4% of marasmus) (42.7% of HIV positive)	77 (100% of marasmus)
Totals	n = 387 (100% of HIV negative)	n = 89 (100% of HIV positive)	477 (100%) (100%)