Table 3. Indicators of children at admission in MSF nutritional program, Maradi region, Niger, 2006.
| Indicator | Description | Surviving (n = 27,315) | Deceased (n = 372) | p* |
| Gender = male | 66.6% | 55.5% | 0.000 | |
| Mean age in months (±s.d) | 17.7 (±8.8) | 17.6 (±10.6) | 0.81 | |
| Height (cm) | 70.9 (±7.3) | 68.5 (±9.0) | 0.000 | |
| Weight (kg) | 6.4 (±1.4) | 5.8 (±1.7) | 0.000 | |
| Mean MUAC (mm) (±s.d) | 121.2 (±7.8) | 116.6 (±11.7) | 0.000 | |
| Anorexia | Child refuses to eat RUTF | 7.5% | 32.3% | 0.000 |
| Temperature | ||||
| ≤38 | 87.5 | 79.4 | 0.000 | |
| [38; 39] | 8.8 | 11.4 | ||
| >39 | 3.8 | 9.3 | ||
| Pallor | Clinical assessment | 1.1% | 7.7% | 0.000 |
| Edema | Clinical assessment | 1.1% | 8.6% | 0.000 |
| Nigerian | Nigerian nationality | 5.7% | 10.8% | 0.000 |
| Diarrhea | Recent diarrhea reported by mother | 30.3% | 35.4% | <0.05 |
| Vomiting | Recent vomiting reported by mother | 8.4% | 17.2% | 0.000 |
| Apathy | Clinical assessment | 2.7% | 43.9% | 0.000 |
| Positive Parachek | Malaria rapid diagnostic test | 23.5% | 23.0% | 0.87 |
*
For continuous variables, the p-value indicates the level of significance from a Student's t-test. For categorical variables, the p-value displayed is for a Chi2.