Table 2.
Association of HIV with other severe acute malnutrition (SAM) complications and co-morbidities in the study population
| |
HIV status n (%) |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Clinical variable |
Negative |
Positive |
RR (95% CI) |
P-value |
| n-179 | n-67 | |||
| Bacteraemia |
55 (31.1) |
30 (44.8) |
1.5 (1.0 - 2.1) |
0.045 |
| UTI |
32 (17.9) |
16 (23.9) |
1.3 (0.8 - 2.3) |
0.290 |
| *Dehydration |
34 (19) |
11 (16.4) |
0.9 (0.5 - 1.6) |
0.642 |
| SA |
35 (19.6) |
5 (7.5) |
0.4 (0.2 - 0.9) |
0.021 |
| Malaria |
28 (15.6) |
6 (9) |
0.6 (0.2 - 1.3) |
0.176 |
| Pneumonia |
23 (12.8) |
10 (14.9) |
1.2 (0.6 - 2.3) |
0.671 |
| PTB | 5 (2.8) | 18 (26.9) | 9.6 (3.7 - 24.9) | < 0.001 |
UTI = Urinary tract infection.
PTB = Pulmonary tuberculosis.
SA = Severe anaemia.
n = number.
RR = Relative risk.
*Dehydration was usually associated with diarrhoea and/or vomiting.