Table 1 Socio-demographic, nutritional and clinical characteristics of children with SAM admitted to SCs of general hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, from 2013 to 2015
Variable | Category | Survival status | Total N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dead number (%) | Censored number (%) | |||
Age in months | 0–23 months | 17 (3.55) | 462 (96.45) | 479 (86.2) |
24 months and above | 4 (5.2) | 73 (94.8) | 77 (13.8) | |
Sex | Male | 11 (3.65) | 290 (96.35) | 301 (54.13) |
Female | 10 (3.92) | 245 (96.08) | 255 (45.87) | |
Residence | Rural | 11 (2.64) | 405 (97.36) | 416 (74.82) |
Urban | 10 (7.14) | 130 (92.86) | 140 (25.18) | |
Type of SAM | Marasmus | 12 (3.06) | 380 (96.94) | 392 (70.5) |
Kwashiorkor | 7 (5.56) | 119 (94.44) | 126 (22.7) | |
Marasmic kwashiorkor | 2 (5.26) | 36 (94.74) | 38 (6.8) | |
Diarrhea | Yes | 12 (4.9) | 233 (95.1) | 245 (44.1) |
No | 9 (2.9) | 302 (97.1) | 311 (55.9) | |
Vomiting | Yes | 7 (3.8) | 175 (96.2) | 182 (32.7) |
No | 14 (3.7) | 360 (96.3) | 374 (67.3) | |
Color of conjunctiva | Pink | 10 (2.2) | 441 (97.8) | 451 (81.1) |
Pale | 11 (10.48) | 94 (89.52) | 105 (18.9) | |
Level of consciousness | Conscious | 13 (2.5) | 500 (97.5) | 513 (92.3) |
Impaired | 8 (18.6) | 35 (81.4) | 43 (7.7) | |
Edema | Yes | 8 (5.5) | 137 (94.5) | 145 (26.1) |
No | 13 (3.2) | 398 (96.8) | 411 (73.9) | |
Palmar pallor | Yes | 5 (6.9) | 67 (93.1) | 72 (12.9) |
No | 16 (3.3) | 468 (96.7) | 484 (87.1) | |
Skin lesions | Yes | 4 (9.5) | 38 (90.5) | 42 (7.6) |
No | 17 (3.3) | 497 (96.7) | 514 (92.4) | |
Dehydration | Yes | 7 (5.3) | 125 (94.7) | 132 (23.7) |
No | 14 (3.3) | 410 (96.7) | 424 (76.3) | |
Patient in shock | Yes | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) | 14 (2.5) |
No | 18 (3.4) | 524 (96.6) | 542 (97.5) | |
Pneumonia | Yes | 8 (5.7) | 132 (94.3) | 140 (25.2) |
No | 13 (3.1) | 403 (96.9) | 416 (74.8) | |
Anemia | Yes | 3 (6.7) | 42 (93.3) | 45 (8.1) |
No | 18 (3.5) | 493 | 511 (96.5) | |
CHF | Yes | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 13 (2.3) |
No | 20 (3.7) | 523 (96.3) | 543 (97.7) | |