Table 1.

Characteristics of study populations at admission

Ethiopia		n	%
	Males	199	46.2 %
	Females	232	53.8 %
		Min.	Q1	Median	Mean	Q2	Max.
	Age at admission (months)	7.0	25.1	37.0	39.5	48.0	66.0
	MUAC at admission (cm)	7.5	10.2	10.5	10.4	10.8	10.9
	Height at admission (cm)	61.5	73.5	80.4	81.0	88.0	109.2
Malawi		n	%
	Males	105	44.7 %
	Females	130	55.3 %
		Min.	Q1	Median	Mean	Q2	Max.
	Age at admission (months)	6.0	10.0	14.0	16.4	21.0	51.0
	MUAC at admission (cm)	8.2	10.5	11.0	10.8	11.4	11.5
	Height at admission (cm)	53.3	63.0	67.2	67.5	72.2	92.5
Bangladesh		n	%
	Males	88	33.3 %
	Females	176	66.7 %
		Min.	Q1	Median	Mean	Q2	Max.
	Age at admission (months)	6.0	7.0	10.0	12.9	17.0	56.0
	MUAC at admission (cm)	8.5	11.1	11.3	11.2	11.4	11.4
	Height at admission (cm)	51.6	62.3	65.6	67.4	71.8	99.0