Table 1. The medical problems identified during the OTP treatment, 2008–2012, Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

Medical Complications	N	▪ Proportion of medical problems	□ Proportion of Children with medical problems
Failure to gain any weight for ≥3 weeks	143	17.9%	22.77%
Diarrhea<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$>	212	26.5%	33.75%
Vomiting<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$>	193	24.1%	30.72%
Cough<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$>	121	15.1%	19.26%
Appetite Test Failure	81	10.1%	12.89%
Fever<$>\raster(70%)="rg1"<$>	51	6.4%	8.12%
Total	801	100%

^{<$>\raster(70%)="rg3"<$>} The medical problems were reported unclassified for their types, magnitude and severities.

^▪ The proportion of each medical problems out of all (the denominator is the children the medical problems).

^□ The proportion of children who had medical problems (the denominator is the total children in the study).