Table 3.
Final list of candidate predictors for predictive model, N = 30
| Clinical | Laboratory | Social/demographic |
| Height | Hemoglobin | Bed net use |
| Weight | HIV status | Maternal age |
| Mid-upper arm circumference | Malaria blood smear | Maternal education |
| Heart rate | Maternal HIV status | |
| Respiratory rate | Maternal death | |
| Systolic blood pressure | Number of siblings | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | Sibling deaths | |
| Temperature (axillary) | Distance (time) | |
| Oxygen saturation | Distance (cost) | |
| Blantyre coma scale | Availability of latrine | |
| Immunization status | Water source | |
| Prior antibiotic use | Boiling of drinking water | |
| Prior antimalarial use | ||
| Time since last hospitalization | ||
| Duration of illness |