Table 3.

Results of Bivariate Analysis in Children with Congenital Heart Disease at Hawassa University Hospital, Hawassa, 2016–2019

Variable	Category	SAM#		$COR (95% %CI)	P. value
		Yes	No
Age	≥12 months	20	40	1	0.000
	2–12 months	53	28	7.95(2.70–23.35)
Anemia	Yes	44	58	1	0.001
	No	29	10	3.82(1.68–8.66)
Cardiomegaly	Yes	61	51	1	0.21
	No	12	17	0.59(0.59–2.37)
Acyanotic CHD^ with &HF	Yes	19	32	1	0.05
	No	41	49	0.49(0.24–1.04)
	Yes	16	10	1.62(0.68–3.88)	0.27
Pulmonary *HTN	No	57	58	1
	Male	40	32	1.36(0.70–2.64)	0.35
Sex	Female	33	36	1
	Yes	24	25	0.84(0.42–1.68)	0.62
Pulmonary edema	No	49	43	1

^CHD-congenital heart disease, ^&HF-heart failure, *HTN-hypertension,^#SAM-severe acute malnutrition, ^$COR-crude odds ratio, ^%CI- confidence interval