Kaplan-Meier survival estimates for the median recovery time from SAM at the therapeutic feeding unit of WSUCSH, Southern Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 143)
Characteristic
Category
Median recovery time (days)
p-value
Estimate
95% CI
Log-rank; χ2-value
Sex
Male
13 days
11.71–14.28
5.615
0.018*
Female
16 days
14.53–17.46
-
-
Residence
Urban
13 days
10.74–15.25
9.349
0.002*
Rural
15 days
12.71–17.29
-
-
Exclusive breast feed
Yes
13 days
11.64–14.35
3.016
0.082
No
15 days
13.79–16.20
-
-
Pneumonia co-infection
Yes
16 days
12.10–19.89
3.719
0.054
No
14 days
13.23–14.76
-
-
MUAC level on admission
< 11.5 cm
15 days
13.70–16.29
3.897
0.048*
≥ 11.5 cm
14 days
13.11–14.88
-
-
WFH/WFL level on admission
< –3 (SD)
15 days
13.83–16.16
3.087
0.079
≥ –3 (SD)
13 days
10.67–15.32
-
-
*: significant at p-value < 0.05; -: no data. CI: confidence interval; MUAC: mid upper arm circumference; SAM: severe acute malnutrition; SD: standard deviation; WSUCSH: Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital; WFH: weight for height; WFL: weight for length
Declarations
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to the Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic staff for providing the data.
Author contributions
DM: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AT and TB: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval
Ethical approval number CHSM/ERC/06/14 for this study was obtained from Institutional Ethical Review Committee of Wolaita Sodo University College of Medicine and Health Sciences. The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent to participate
The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from the parents of all participants.
Consent to publication
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Availability of data and materials
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Funding
This study was funded by Wolaita Sodo University Office of Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer Grant Number [6114/2021]. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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