Table 3. Morbidity at four months post-discharge.
SAM cases | MAM cases | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Standard protocol | Combined protocol | Adjusted difference | P value | Standard protocol | Combined protocol | Adjusted difference | P value | |
% | % | (95% CI) | % | % | (95% CI) | |||
n = 64 | n = 73 | n = 375 | n = 268 | |||||
Diarrhoea in past week | 10.9% | 5.6% | -0.71 (-2.4, 1.0) | 0.41 | 8.0% | 9.2% | 0.05 (-0.9, 1.0) | 0.91 |
Vomiting in past week | 7.8% | 8.5% | 0.09 (-1.2, 1.3) | 0.89 | 4.8% | 7.6% | 0.21 (-1.4, 1.8) | 0.80 |
Fever in past week | 9.4% | 9.9% | 0.24 (-1.1, 1.5) | 0.72 | 10.2% | 12.6% | 0.34 (-0.9, 1.6) | 0.59 |
Cough in past week | 23.4% | 16.9% | -0.29 (-1.8, 1.3) | 0.72 | 18.2% | 14.9% | -0.41 (-1.7, 0.9) | 0.53 |
Hospitalised in past 4 months | 4.7% | 5.6% | 0.19 (-1.3, 1.7) | 0.81 | 2.4% | 3.8% | 0.52 (-1.8, 2.9) | 0.66 |
Logistic regression analysis, accounting for clustering. n = number of children.