Table 3.

Cox proportional Hazards showing risk of mortality among under-five children with severe acute malnutrition attending University Teaching Hospital, in Lusaka

Characteristic	Population	Mortality *
	%(n)	Hazards Ratio (CI)	P value *
Sex (n = 9 534)
Male	53.9 (5 148)	1
Female	45.9 (4 386)	1.1 (1.1-1.2)	0.034
HIV status (n = 8 589)
Negative	67.8 (5 827)	1
Positive	32.2 (2 589)	1.8 (1.6- 2.0)	0.000
Morbidity (n = 9 076)
Marasmic-kwashiorkor	15.8 (1 511)	1
Marasmus	21.6 (1 957)	1.1 (1.0-1.7)	0.159
Kwashiorkor	61.8 (5 609)	1.0 (1.1-1.8)	0.707
Co morbidity (n = 2 037)
No comorbidity	78.7 (7 503)	1
Anaemia	2.3 (218)	1.0 (0.8-1.4)	0.933
Diarrhoea	7.6 (723)	1.6 (1.3-1.9)	0.000
Pneumonia	5.7 (544)	1.3 (1.0-1.6)	0.008
Septicaemia	1.5 (146)	2.8 (2.9- 3.9)	0.000
Tuberculosis	1.2 (113)	1.0 (0.5-1.4)	0.971
Other	3.1 (293)	1.8 (0.7-1.8)	0.000
Residence (n = 5 141)
Lusaka	50.2 (4 791)	1
Out of Lusaka	4.0 (358)	0.7 (0.5- 0.9)	0.010

*tested using Cox proportional Hazards Regression.