TABLE 1.

Risk factors independently associated with inpatient mortality in SAM¹

¹*<24 mo only; **>24 mo only. GI, gastrointestinal; MUAC, midupper arm circumference; N/A,not applicable; NG, nasogastric; Obs, observations; SAM, severe acute malnutrition; W:H, weight for height; ↑, increased independent risk with factor on multivariate analysis; (↑), increased risk on univariate analysis but not multivariate analysis; ↔, analyzed, but not significant on multivariate analysis; (↓), decreased risk on univariate analysis but not multivariable analysis; ↓, decreased independent risk with factor on multivariable analysis.

²Calculated by Cox's multivariate analysis.

³Calculated by multivariate logistic regression.

⁴Confirmed with author.

⁵The authors were contacted to clarify the upper age limit: the oldest children recruited were aged 59 completed months; the article was therefore eligible for inclusion.

⁶Calculated by partial least squares modeling.

⁷The Ethiopian national protocol is based on the WHO guidelines.

⁸Calculated by Gompertz regression.