Predictors of undesirable treatment outcomes of severe acute malnutrition among inpatient children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

Table 5 Median nutritional recovery time of SAM during at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, 2013–2016

Characteristics	Number	Median recovery time		Log rank X² –value	P-value
Characteristics	Number	Estimate	95%CI	Log rank X² –value	P-value
Sex	Male	16	14.162–17.838	1.857	0.173
Sex	Female	18	16.043–19.957
Age categorical	< 24 month	17	15.443–18.557	0.977	0.323
Age categorical	≥24 month	18	14.994–21.006
Family size	< 3 children	17	15.535–18.465	3.443	0.064
Family size	≥3 children	21	16.111–25.889
WT/HT or L	< 70% of median	17	12.150–21.850	0.00	0.988
WT/HT or L	≥70% of median	17	15.612–18.388
MUAC	< 11 cm	18	16.264–19.736	4.336	0.037
MUAC	≥11 cm	15	13.063–16.937
Type of malnutrition	Edematous	18	16.443–19.557	0.308	0.579
Type of malnutrition	Non - edematous	16	13.626–18.374
EBF	YES	17	15.588–18.412	3.893	0.048
Comorbidities	Yes	17	15.411–18.713	0.007	0.931
Anemia	Yes	17	14.800–19.200	0.320	0.571
Pneumonia	Yes	18	15.746–20.254	0.258	0.612
Diarrheal disease	Yes	18	15.935–20.065	0.205	0.650
Sepsis	Yes	18	9.361–26.639	0.160	0.690
Skin lesion	Yes	20	16.561–23.439	1.790	0.181
Shock	Yes	28	24.799–31.201	2.146	0.143
TB	Yes	30	23.802–36.198	8.094	0.004
HIV antibody	Positive	18	7.698–28.302	0.165	0.684
Vaccination	Yes	17	15.348–18.652	0.193	0.661

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