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Table 1 Bivariable Cox proportional hazard regression model for predictors of death from complicated SAM in Northwest Nigeria

From: Time to recovery and its predictors among children 6–59 months with acute malnutrition admitted to community inpatient therapeutic feeding centers in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria: a retrospective review of health records (2010–2016)

Variable

SAM

All SAM (6925)

n%

Alive (6925)

n%

Death (285)

n%

Crude Hazard Rate

(95% CI)

Sex (n = 6925)

    

 Male

3,570 (52%)

3435 (96%)

135 (4%)

1

 Female

3,352 (48%)

3202 (96%)

150 (4%)

0.883 (0.691–1.130)

Age(month) (N = 6925)

    

 6–24

6.101 (88%)

5850 (96%)

251 (4%)

1

 25–59

824 (12%)

790 (96%)

31 (4%)

0.985 (0.683–1.421)

Month of Admission (N = 6925)

    

 January–April

1,410 (20%)

1375 (98%)

35 (2%)

1

 May–August

2,735 (42%)

2600 (95%)

135 (5%)

0.542(0.363–0.809)*

 September–December

2,772 (38%)

2657 (96%)

115 (4%)

1.228(0.942–1.599)*

Weight (kg) at Admission (N = 6924)

    

 < 6

4,067 (59%)

3904 (96%)

163 (4%)

1

 6 +

2,857 (41%)

2735 (96%)

122 (4%)

1.136 (0.887–1.457)

Weight (kg) at Exit (N = 6621)

    

 < 6

3343 (50%)

3203 (96%)

140 (4%)

1

 6 + 

3278 (50%)

3170 (97%)

108 (3%)

0.850 (0.652–1.108)

MUAC (cm) at Admission (N = 6925)

    

 < 11.5

6102 (88%)

5837 (96%)

265 (4%)

1

 11.5 +

823 (12%)

803 (97%)

20 (3%)

1.731 (1.072–2.796)*

MUAC (cm)at Exit (N = 6925)

    

 < 11.5

5376 (78%)

5114 (95%)

262 (5%)

1

 11.5 +

1549 (22%)

1526 (98%)

23 (2%)

3.057 (1.974–4.734)*

Type of SAM (N = 6846)

    

 Marasmus

1639 (24%)

1517 (93%)

122 (7%)

0.417 (0.325–0.536)*

    

1

 Marasmic-kwashiorkor

41 (1%)

39 (95%)

2 (5%)

2.305 (.318–16.703)

    

1

 Kwashiorkor

223 (3%)

208 (93%)

15 (7%)

0.642(0.359 -.1.148)

    

1

Children transferred from OTP

4943 (72%)

4801 (97%)

142 (3%)

2.377(1.855–3.047)*

    

1

Residence (N = 6925)

    

 Baure+

806 (12%)

774 (96%)

32 (4%)

1

 Dutsi*

875 (13%)

841 (96%)

34 (4%)

1.543 (1.417–1.680)*

 Daura+*

2394 (35%)

2319 (97%)

75 (3%)

1.504 (1.361–1.663)*

 Zango*

2850 (41%)

2706 (95%)

144 (5%)

1.247 (1.147–1.356)

Weight gain (g/kg/day) (N = 5866)

    

 < 8

2570 (44%)

2425 (94%)

175 (6%)

1

 8 + 

3296 (56%)

3252 (99%)

44 (1%)

0.210 (0.149–0.295)*

  1. Owing to missing data, values may not add up
  2. *P value < 0.05