Marasmus, N = 184 N (%) | Kwashiokor, N = 14 N (%) | Marasmic Kwashiokor, N = 7 N (%) | p values | No SAM, N = 49 N (%) or Median (IQR) | |
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Gender | |||||
Male, N = 122 | 110 (63.2) | 5 (35.7) | 6 (85.7) | – | 1 (2) |
Female, N = 132 | 74 (36.8) | 9 (64.3) | 1 (14.3) | 48 (98) | |
Age | |||||
Median (IQR) | 17 (9–23.3) | 24 (22.5–32) | 13 (9.1–21) | 0.009 | 16.8 (12–24) |
Duration of treatment | |||||
Median (IQR) | 48 (33.1–71.5) | 24.5 (12–37) | 36.3 (9.8–77.5) | 0.002 | 35.5 (14.9–63.3) |
RWG | |||||
Median (IQR) | 4.4 (2.2–6.8) | 6.7 (0–10.6) | 8.1 (2.0–13.6) | 0.05 | 3.5 (1.8–5.3) |
RMG | |||||
Median (IQR) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.3 (0.0–0.4) | 0.5 (0.1–1.1) | 0.06 | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
Type of discharge | |||||
Recovered | 136 (73.9) | 10 (71.4) | 5 (71.4) | 34 (69.4) | |
Referred to SC | 48 (26.1) | 3 (21.4) | 2 (28.6) | 0.7 | 15 (30.6) |
Died | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Defaulted | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |