Table 4.

Bi-variable Cox- regression analysis for independent predictors of mortality among under-five children with SAM admitted in UOGCSH from 2014 to 2017, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, May 2017 (n = 527)

Variables		Outcome		CHR and 95% CI	p-value
		Event	Censored
Age category	≤ 24 months	51	367	1.04(.61–1.94)	0.7
	> 24 months	15	94	1
Sex	Male	31	246	1
	female	35	215	1.27 (0.78–2.06)	0.33
Residence	Urban	15	116	1
	Rural	51	345	1.01 (0.56–1.8)	0.968
SAM type	Marasmic	36	313	1
	kwashiorkor	10	106	0.79 (0.39–1.59)	0.51
	Marasmic kwashiorkor	20	42	2.3 (0.5–3.59)	0.43
TB	Yes	5	46	0.67 (0.27–1.68)	0.39
	No	61	415	1
HIV test	Reactive	6	12	6.84 (0.43–19.22)	0.16
	Non-reactive	51	281	2.96 (0.46–6.02)	0.13
	Un-known	9	168	1
Malaria	Yes	1	13	0.70 (0.09–5.09)	0.72
	No	65	448	1
Diarrhoea	Yes	31	173	1.66 (0.8–2.69)	0.09
	No	35	288	1
Dehydration	Yes	22	92	1.43 (0.12–3.57)	0.28
	No	44	369	1
Anemia(< 11 mg/dl)	Yes	49	221	2.57 (1.46–4.53)	0.001*
	No	16	226	1
kuashdermatitis	Yes	8	42	1.2 (0.10–1.61)	0.31
	No	58	419	1
Shock	Yes	34	9	19.02 (11.65–31.06)	0.000*
	No	32	449	1
Pneumonia	Yes	9	65	0.93 (0.46–1.88)	0.242
	No	57	396	1
Heart failure	Yes	65	458	1.39 (0.63–3.06)	0.14
	No	58	427
NGT insertion	Yes	44	154	3.35 (2.0–5.61)	0.000*
	No	22	307	1
Vitamin A	Yes	36	319	1
	No	30	142	1.69 (0.65–3.38)	0.3
Folic acid	Yes	37	346	1
	No	29	114	1.4 (0.48–3.9)	0.29
Ant malaria	Yes	2	18	1
	No	64	443	1.44 (0.35–5.93)	0.6
Deworming	Yes	5	54	1
	No	61	407	2.88 (.90–9.19)	0.07
Antibiotics	Yes	24	272	1
	No	42	189	2.46 (1.49–4.07)	0.000*
Resomal	Yes	46	279	1.37 (0.81–2.32)	0.36
	No	20	182	1
Iv fluid	Yes	48	77	9.61 (5.58–16.5)	0.000*
	No	18	384	1
Blood transfusion	Yes	27	31	6.36 (0.8–10.4)	0.21
	No	39	430	1
Pale-conjunctiva	Yes	19	63	2.22 (0.30–3.80)	0.33
	No	47	398	1
Intake of F75	Yes	51	377	1
	No	15	84	1.70 (0.95–3.04)	0.07*
Intake F100	Yes	24	315	1
	No	42	146	5.27 (3.15–8.79)	0.000*
Temperature	Normal	46	416	1
	Altered	20	45	2.85 (0.34–6.32)	0.39
Pulse	Normal	20	243	1
	altered	46	211	2.34 (1.39–3.97)	0.001*
Respiration	Normal	27	263	1
	altered	39	192	1.89 (0.15–3.08)	0.72