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Table 1 Minimum sample size for covariates associated with time to recovery from SAM, 2021

From: Severe acute malnutrition’s recovery rate still below the minimum standard: predictors of time to recovery among 6- to 59-month-old children in the healthcare setting of Southwest Ethiopia

Assumption

Variables

Hazard ratio (HR)

Probability of event

N(Event)

Type I error = 0.05

Anemia

1.66

0.658

207 (123)

Power = 80%

Malaria

1.54

0.658

285 (169)

Withdrawal probability = 0.1

F100 intake

0.728

0.694

499 (312)