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Table 2 Admission and discharge characteristics by type of malnutrition

From: Outcomes of children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition at the GADO Outpatient Therapeutic Center in Cameroon

 

Marasmus, N = 184

N (%)

Kwashiokor, N = 14

N (%)

Marasmic Kwashiokor, N = 7

N (%)

p values

No SAM, N = 49

N (%) or Median (IQR)

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)