Table 1.
Nutritional condition of children upon admission.
| 3–12 | 13–24 | 24–60 | |||||
| number n = 103 | % | number n = 103 | % | number n = 50 | % | ||
| Dehydration | severe | 8 | (7.8) | 3 | (2.9) | 0 | (0.0) |
| mild | 42 | (40.8) | 32 | (31.1) | 16 | (32.0) | |
| absence | 46 | (44.7) | 60 | (58.3) | 32 | (64.0) | |
| ND | 7 | (6.8) | 8 | (7.8) | 2 | (4.0) | |
| Clinical malnutritiona | severe | 4 | (3.9) | 8 | (7.8) | 0 | (0.0) |
| mild | 29 | (28.1) | 27 | (26.2) | 9 | (18.0) | |
| absence | 53 | (51.5) | 50 | (48.5) | 37 | (74.0) | |
| ND | 17 | (16.5) | 18 | (17.5) | 4 | (8.0) | |
| Weight / age ratiob | severe | 26 | (25.2) | 33 | (32.0) | 4 | (8.0) |
| mild | 30 | (29.1) | 32 | (31.1) | 6 | (12.0) | |
| absence | 39 | (37.9) | 30 | (29.1) | 16 | (32.0) | |
| ND | 8 | (7.8) | 8 | (7.8) | 24 | (48.0) | |
a: clinically assessed malnutrition
b: malnutrition assessed through weight/age ratio
ND: not done