Table 4.
Variables Associated with Nutritional Recovery or Death in the Multiple Logistic-Regression Models.
| Variable | Nutritional Recovery | Death | ||
| Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
P Value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
P Value | |
| Age, each 1-mo increase | 1.007 (1.001–1.017) | 0.02 | 0.989 (0.981–0.998) | 0.01 |
| Kwashiorkor vs. marasmic kwashiorkor | 5.88 (4.15–8.33) | <0.001 | 0.25 (0.16–0.39) | <0.001 |
| Marasmus vs. marasmic kwashiorkor | 1.74 (1.22–2.47) | 0.002 | 0.44 (0.28–0.71) | <0.001 |
| Height-for-age z score, each 1.0-point increase | 1.19 (1.09–1.31) | <0.001 | 0.78 (0.69–0.88) | <0.001 |
| Mother or child HIV-seropositive | 0.36 (0.27–0.47) | <0.001 | 2.01 (1.36–2.95) | <0.001 |
| Cough during 2 wk before enrollment | 0.76 (0.59–0.99) | 0.04 | 1.52 (1.06–2.18) | 0.02 |
| Good appetite reported at enrollment* | — | — | 0.51 (0.34–0.77) | 0.001 |
| Intervention group | ||||
| Amoxicillin vs. placebo | 1.38 (1.02–1.86) | 0.03 | 0.67 (0.44–1.00) | 0.05 |
| Cefdinir vs. placebo | 1.69 (1.24–2.31) | 0.001 | 0.57 (0.37–0.88) | 0.01 |
*
Data for good appetite at enrollment were not significantly associated with nutritional recovery and were not included in the regression model.