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Table 2 The clinical characteristics of each type of SAM and GAM

From: Do we need to reconsider the CMAM admission and discharge criteria?; an analysis of CMAM data in South Sudan

A. Sex distribution for SAM and GAM both in program and community survey

  

Program

Community Survey

SAM

Male

1063 (30.6%)

144 (4.3%)

Female

936 (26.9%)

153 (4.6%)

GAM

Male

1527 (43.9%)

419 (12.5%)

 

Female

1440 (41.4%)

417 (12.4%)

Total

 

3479

3358

B. Association between SAM-MUAC or SAM-WHZ and SEX in community survey data

 

SAM-MUAC

  

SAM-WHZ

 
 

Normal

SAM

 

Normal

SAM

Male

1641

75 (4.4%)

Male

1643

73 (4.3%)

Female

1548

103 (6.2%)

Female

1596

55 (3.3%)

C. The Proportion and Odd Ratio of each type of SAM by height

 

WHZ

Regardless of MUAC

WHZ

Normal by MUAC

MUAC

Regardless of WHZ

< −3 (SAM)

≥ − 3

< − 3 (SAM)

≥ − 3

<  115 mm

≥ 115 mm

Children with height falling on upper quartile

48 (5.7%)

793

41 (5.0%)

772

28 (3.3%)

813

Children with height falling on lower quartile

30 (3.6%)

810

18 (2.3%)

758

64 (7.6%)

776

Odd Ratio and P value

OR 1.63 (p = 0.049)

OR 2.24 (p = 0.006)

OR 0.42 (p = 0.0001)

D. The Proportion and Odd Ratio of each type of SAM by height

 

MUAC

WHZ

<  115 mm

≥ 115 mm

< −3 (SAM)

≥ −3

HAZ < − 3

24 (12.3%)

171

12 (6.2%)

183

HAZ ≥ − 3

126 (4.0%)

3037

149 (4.7%)

3014

Χ2 statistics (P-values)

27.9053 (1.274 × 10−7)

0.5517 (0.4576)

E. The duration of recovery to weight and MUAC gain for each type of the SAM cases

â‘  Number of Days to 15% weight gain

 

No. of Records

Events

Median

0.95 LCLa

0.95 UCLb

Z < −3 (WFH)

813

433 (53.3%)

46

42

49

MUAC < 115 mm

810

383 (47.3%)

49

42

52

â‘¡ Number of Days to 5% MUAC

Z < − 3 (WFH)

818

438 (53.5%)

35

35

42

MUAC < 115 mm

815

388 (47.6%)

42

35

49

  1. a 0.95 LCL: 95% Lower Confidence limit. b 0.95 UCL: 95% Upper Confidence limit