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Table 1 Characteristics of VL patients and their malnutrition status in Northwest Ethiopia, 2012

From: Prevalence of malnutrition and associated risk factors among adult visceral leishmaniasis patients in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Total examined

Severely malnourished

COR (95% CI)

P-values

Yes

No

Sex

     

 Male

397 (98.5)*

149 (37.5)

248 (62.5)

3.00 (0.34 – 68.61)

0.41#

 Female

6 (1.5)

1 (16.7)

5 (83.3)

1.00

 

Age

     

 18-27

274 (68.0)

98 (35.8)

176 (64.2)

1.00

0.46

 28-37

104 (25.8)

40 (38.5)

64 (61.5)

1.12 (0.69 – 1.84)

 

 >37

25 (6.2)

12 (48.0)

13 (52.0)

1.66 (0.68 – 4.05)

 

Occupation

     

 Daily laborer

378 (93.8)

140 (37.0)

238 (63.0)

0.88 (0.36 – 2.18)

0.06

 Non-daily laborers۩

25 (6.2)

10 (40.0)

15 (60.0)

1.00

 

Educational status

     

 Illiterate

294 (73.0)

105 (35.7)

189 (64.3)

0.79 (0.49 – 1.27)

0.30

 Literate

109 (27.0)

45 (41.3)

64 (58.7)

1.00

 

Residence

     

 Rural

363 (90.1)

135 (37.2)

228 (62.8)

0.99 (0.48 – 2.04)

0.51

 Urban

40 (9.9)

15 (37.5)

25 (62.5)

1.00

 

Over all

403 (100)

150 (37.2)

253 (62.8)

  
  1. *Figures in parenthesis indicate percentage, ۩Governmental employee = 6, students = 8 and merchants = 11, # Fisher exact.