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Table 4 Median nutritional recovery time of SAM children by socio-demographic characteristics, Southern Ethiopia, 2013/14

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

Number (%)

Median recovery time

log rank X 2-value

P-value

Estimate

95 % CI

 

Stabilization center

      

 Karat

256 (61 %)

27

25.1

27.9

  

 Fasha

164 (39 %)

25

23.8

26.2

6.77

0.01

Residence

      

 Urban

78 (18.6 %)

27

25.7

28.3

  

 Rural

342 (81.4 %)

25

24.1

26.0

0.83

0.361

Sex

      

 Male

226 (53.8 %)

26

24.7

27.3

  

 Female

194 (46.2 %)

26

24.9

27.0

0.01

0.982

Age group (month)

      

 6–23

296 (70.5 %)

26

25.0

27.0

  

 24–59

124 (29.5 %)

24

22.0

26.0

2.52

0.111