Table 6.
Kaplan Meier analysis: nutritional recovery time of SAM children by complications, Ethiopia, 2013/14
| Characteristics | Number (%) | Median recovery time | log rank | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | 95 % CI | X 2-value | ||||
| Fever | ||||||
| Yes | 362 (86.2 %) | 26 | 24.8 | 27.2 | ||
| No | 58 (13.8 %) | 26 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 0.21 | 0.648 |
| Vomiting | ||||||
| Yes | 330 (78.6 %) | 26 | 23.8 | 28.2 | ||
| No | 90 (21.4 %) | 26 | 25.2 | 26.9 | 0.94 | 0.33 |
| Diarrhea | ||||||
| Yes | 223 (53.1 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | ||
| No | 197 (46.9 %) | 25 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 9.76 | 0.002 |
| Lethargic | ||||||
| Yes | 132 (31.4 %) | 26 | 24.4 | 27.7 | ||
| No | 288 (68.6 %) | 26 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 0.38 | 0.539 |
| Malaria | ||||||
| Yes | 121 (28.8 %) | 27 | 25.6 | 28.4 | ||
| No | 299 (71.2 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 1.32 | 0.247 |
| Pneumonia | ||||||
| Yes | 86 (20.5 %) | 26 | 24.1 | 27.9 | ||
| No | 334 (79.5 %) | 26 | 25.0 | 26.9 | 0.03 | 0.859 |
| Dehydration | ||||||
| Yes | 46 (11 %) | 29 | 25.8 | 32.3 | ||
| No | 374 (89 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 6.39 | 0.011 |
| Anemia | ||||||
| Yes | 27 (6.4 %) | 27 | 24.3 | 29.7 | ||
| No | 393 (93.6 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 5.20 | 0.023 |
| Inpatient Complication | ||||||
| Yes | 28 (6.7 %) | 33 | 27.3 | 38.7 | ||
| No | 392 (93.3 %) | 25 | 24.1 | 25.9 | 18.66 | 0.0001 |
| Naso-gastric feeding | ||||||
| Yes | 61 (14.5 %) | 27 | 25.5 | 28.5 | ||
| No | 359 (85.5 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 1.72 | 0.185 |
| Fail to gain appetite at day 4 | ||||||
| Yes | 40 (9.5 %) | 27 | 21.5 | 32.5 | ||
| No | 380 (90.5 %) | 26 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 5.32 | 0.021 |
| Fail to start losing oedema at day 4 | ||||||
| Yes | 14 (6.7 %) | 26 | 25.2 | 26.8 | ||
| No | 196 (93.3 %) | 23 | 11.4 | 34.6 | 10.46 | 0.001 |