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Table 2 Baseline anthropometric measurements of children with SAM 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

Anthropometric measurements (Mean (SD)

Edematous malnutrition (n = 210)

Severely wasted (n = 210)

Total (N = 420)

T-test value

P-value

Weight (kg) Mean (SD)

6.89 (1.82)

5.44 (1.29)

6.16 (1.56)

9.44

0.0001

Length/Height (cm)

72.99 (8.29)

69.15 (7.06)

71.07 (7.68)

5.12

0.0001

MUAC (cm) Mean (SD)

10.79 (0.51)

10.37 (0.47)

10.58 (0.49)

8.67

0.0001