Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Included in final analysis (n=496) | Excluded, no final weight (n=50) | p value | |
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| Age (months) | 16 (9–30) | 28 (15–42) | 0·001 |
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| Sex | 0·263 | ||
| Female | 217 (44%) | 26 (52%) | ·· |
| Male | 279 (56%) | 24 (48%) | ·· |
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| Home district | 0·348 | ||
| Urban (Dhaka) | 356 (72%) | 39 (78%) | ·· |
| Rural or suburban | 140 (28%) | 11 (22%) | ·· |
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| Nutritional status (MUAC) | 0·517 | ||
| No acute malnutrition | 391 (79%) | 40 (80%) | ·· |
| Moderate acute malnutrition | 77 (15%) | 9 (18%) | ·· |
| Severe acute malnutrition | 28 (6%) | 1 (2%) | ·· |
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| Days of diarrhoea before arrival | 2 (2–3) | 2 (1–3) | 0·144 |
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| Loose stools in past 24 h | 10 (8–18) | 12 (7–15) | 0·451 |
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| Diarrhoea type | 0·227 | ||
| Watery | 368 (74%) | 32 (64%) | ·· |
| Rice water | 125 (25%) | 18 (36%) | ·· |
| Bloody | 3 (1%) | 0 | ·· |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%). MUAC=mid-upper arm circumference.