Table 4.

Factors Associated with Severe Acute Malnutrition among Children with CHD at Hawassa University Hospital, Hawassa, 2016–2019

Variable	Category	SAM		AOR (95% CI)	P. value
		Yes	No
Age	≥12 months	20	40	1	0.000
	2–12 months	53	28	4.48(2.07–9.70) *
Anemia	Yes	44	58	1	0.004
	No	29	10	3.76(1.54–9.18) *
Cardiomegaly	Yes	61	51	1	0.2
	No	12	17	1.86(0.71–4.87)
Acyanotic CHD with HF	Yes	19	32	1	0.04
	No	41	49	0.42(0.19–0.96) *

^*Significant p-value <0.05, COR = Crude Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence interval, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio