Table 1.

Descriptive summary statistics of the included predictors and variables of interest (N = 10,687)

Indicator	Levels	Number, N (%)
Age < 12 months	No	5719 (53.51%)
	Yes	4968 (46.49%)
Female	No	5856 (54.8%)
	Yes	4736 (44.32%)
	Missing	95 (0.89%)
Pallor	None	7613 (71.24%)
	Mild/moderate	374 (3.5%)
	Severe	98 (0.92%)
	Missing	2602 (24.35%)
Respiratory rate ≥ 70 breaths/min	No	6622 (61.96%)
	Yes	4065 (38.04%)
Weight-forage Z-score (WAZ)	> –2SD	8311 (77.77%)
	–2 to –3SD	1202 (11.25%)
	< –3SD	719 (6.73%)
	Missing	455 (4.26%)
Temperature ≥ 39 °C	No	6577 (61.54%)
	Yes	1257 (11.76%)
	Missing	2853 (26.7%)
Dehydration	No dehydration	10,026 (93.81%)
	Some dehydration	622 (5.82%)
	Missing	39 (0.36%)
Malaria	No malaria	9611 (89.93%)
	Non-severe malaria	1076 (10.07%)
Hospital located in malaria endemic area	Yes	4447 (41.61%)
	No	6240 (58.39%)
Acute malnutrition	None/at risk	10,572 (98.92%)
	Moderate	115 (1.08%)
Presence of comorbiditya	No	7330 (68.59%)
	Yes	3357 (31.41%)

^aAdmission diagnosis of malaria, diarrhoea, dehydration and anaemia considered