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 |