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Table 4 Multivariable cox regression of predictor of recovery in CMAM stabilization centres in Katsina State

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

Adjusted hazard ratio

p value

Month of admission

  

 January–April

1

0.009

 May–August

0.491 (0.288–0.838)

0.009

 September–December

1.118 (0.805–1.551)

0.506

MUAC (cm) at admission

  

 < 11.5

1

 

 11.5 +

0.990 (0.547–1.790)

0.974

MUAC (cm) at exit

  

 < 11.5

1

 

 11.5 +

0.521 (0.306–0.890)

0.017

Weight gain (g/kg/day)

  

 < 8

1

 

 8 +

0.239 (0.169–0.340)

< 0.001

Marasmus

  

 No

1

 

 Yes

2.144 (1.079–4.260)

0.029

Admitted from OTP

  

 No

1

 

 Yes

1.105 (0.558–2.190)

0.775