Table 3. Secondary outcomes among recovered children.
Outcome | Standard protocol (N = 12, n = 884) | Combined protocol (N = 12, n = 981) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
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Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean difference | p-Value | Mean difference | p-Value | |
Length of stay (days) | 65.0 | 2.31 | 65.4 | 2.24 | 0.42 (−6.19 to 7.04) | 0.90 | −0.55 (−5.75 to 4.65) | 0.83 |
Average daily weight gain (g/kg/day) | 1.9 | 0.08 | 1.9 | 0.08 | 0.06 (−0.17 to 0.29) | 0.61 | 0.08 (−0.13 to 0.29) | 0.42 |
Average daily MUAC gain (mm/day) | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | −0.01 (−0.05 to 0.02) | 0.39 | −0.01 (−0.04 to 0.02) | 0.45 |
Unadjusted: all children with outcome measures, not adjusted for any demographic or study design characteristics. Adjusted: adjusted for age, sex, and country. N = number of clusters; n = number of children eligible for follow-up.
MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference.