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. 2021 Jan 6;21:18. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05718-9

Table 5.

Characteristic and frequency of children with undernutrition, HIV and RVA

Clinical characteristic Categories n = 17 HIV and RVA positive (%)
Age in months
0–11 13 76.5
12–23 4 23.5
24–59 0 0.0
Province
Maputo 14 82.4
Nampula 2 11.8
Zambézia 1 5.9
Sofala 0 0.0
Number of family members
<5 4 23.5
≥5 13 76.5
Diarrhoea episodes in 24 h
1–3 7 43.8
4–5 6 37.5
≥6 3 18.8
Unknown/ missing 1
Vomit
Yes 4 23.5
No 13 76.5
Undernutritiona
Underweight 12 63.2
Wasting 6 31.6
Stunting 3 15.8
Hospitalization (in days)
1–4 3 60.0
5 1 20.0
≥6 1 20.0
Unknown/ missing 12

a The sample size for undernutrition variable is 21 due to children that have more than one type of undernutrition