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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children with SAM in Southern Ethiopia, 2013/14 (N = 420)

From: Predictors of nutritional recovery time and survival status among children with severe acute malnutrition who have been managed in therapeutic feeding centers, Southern Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Edematous malnutrition (210)

Severely wasted (n = 210)

Total (N = 420)

X 2-value

P-value

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

  

Stabilization center

     

 Karat

126 (60)

130 (61.9)

256 (61)

  

 Fasha

84 (40)

80 (38.1)

164) (39)

0.09

0.764

Residence

     

 Rural

167 (79.5)

175 (83.3)

342 (81.4)

0.77

0.388

 Urban

43 (20.5)

35 (16.7)

78 (18.6)

  

Sex

     

 Male

114 (54.3)

112 (53.3)

226 (53.8)

  

 Female

96 (45.7)

98 (46.7)

194 (46.2)

0.01

0.922

Age group (month)

     

 6–11

43 (20.5)

84 (40.0)

125 (29.8)

  

 12–23

83 (39.5)

86 (41.0)

171 (40.7)

29.09

0.0001

 24–35

48 (22.9)

24 (11.4)

72 (17.1)

  

 36–47

20 (9.5)

8 (3.8)

28 (6.7)

  

 48–59

16 (7.6)

8 (3.8)

24 (5.7)