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Table 1 Socio-demographic and admission characteristics of children with SAM enrolled in the stabilizing center in Pawe General hospital (N = 760)

From: Time to readmission and associated factors after post treatment discharge of severe acute malnourished under-five children in Pawe General Hospital

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percent

Age

6–24 month

458

60.26

25–48 month

219

28.82

48–60 month

83

10.92

Sex

Male

333

43.82

Female

427

56.18

Resident

Rural

556

73.16

Urban

204

26.84

Maternal education status

Formally educated

516

67.89

Had no formal education

244

32.11

Anemia

≥ 10 mg/dl

511

67.24

< 10 mg/dl

249

32.76

Nasogastric intubation

Yes

318

41.84

No

442

58.16

Vomiting

Yes

539

70.92

No

221

29.08

Diarrheas

Yes

409

53.82

No

351

46.18

Types of malnutrition

Marasmus

431

56.71

Marasmus-kwashiorkor

230

30.26

Kwashiorkor

99

13.03

Blood transfusion

Yes

168

22.11

No

592

77.89

Breastfeeding

Yes

465

61.18

No

295

38.82

Edema grading

No

425

55.92

Grade+

277

36.45

Grade++

40

5.26

Grade+++

18

2.37

Vitamin A supplementation

Yes

584

76.84

No

176

23.16

Folic acids supplementation

Yes

525

69.08

No

235

30.92

MUAC

≤ 115 mm

131

17.24

> 115 mm

629

82.76

Pneumonia

Yes

452

59.47

No

308

40.53

TB infection

Yes

45

5.92

No

715

94.08

Number of families

≤ 2

243

31.97

3–4

419

55.13

≥ 5

98

12.89

Admission types

New

685

90.13

Readmission

75

9.8

Vaccination status

Completed

572

75.26

Not completed

188

24.74

HIV infection

Positive

42

5.53

Negative

718

94.47

Zink supplementation

Yes

349

45.9

No

411

54.08

Treatment Outcome status

Cured

629

82.7

Died

71

9.1

Lost from follow up

39

5.3

Medical transferred

21

2.7