| Variables |
outcome(n=296) |
Crude OR(95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
| |
Cured n (%) |
Died n (%) |
|
|
| Age of the child(months) |
|
|
|
|
| <6 |
30(90.9) |
3(9.1) |
0.73(0.20-2.64) |
0.65 (0.15-2.73) |
| ≥6 |
245(93.2) |
18(6.8) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Admission category |
|
|
|
|
| Edema |
77(89.5 ) |
9(10.5 ) |
0.50(0.21-1.28) |
0.27(0.10-0.79)* |
| Wasted |
198(94.3 ) |
12(5.7 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Pneumonia |
|
|
|
|
| Present |
75( 89.4) |
10(10.6 ) |
0.51(0.21-1.26) |
0.44(0.16-1.24) |
| Absent |
200(94.3 ) |
11(5.7 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Heart failure |
|
|
|
|
| Present |
6(75 ) |
2(25 ) |
0.21(0.04-1.12) |
0.14(0.01-1.48) |
| Absent |
269( 93.4) |
19(6.6 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| HIV + |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
14(70 ) |
6(30 ) |
0.13(0.05-0.39) |
0.12(0.03-0.42)* |
| No |
261(94.6 ) |
15(5.4 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| TB |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
10(83.3 ) |
2(16.7 ) |
0.36(0.07-1.75) |
0.38(0.05-3.11) |
| No |
269(93.3 ) |
19(6.7 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Anemia |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
39( 83.7) |
10(16.3 ) |
0.20(0.11-0.73) |
0.42(0.14-1.32) |
| No |
234( 94.7) |
11(5.3 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| F-100 |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
270(93.4 ) |
19(6.6 ) |
5.68 (1.03-31.25) |
6.21(0.86-37.01) |
| No |
5(71.4 ) |
2(28.6 ) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Plumpy’nut |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
148(96.1 ) |
6( 3.9) |
3.1(1.16-8.20) |
3.70 (1.22- 11.23)* |
| No |
127(89.4 ) |
15(10.6) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
| *Significant factors in multivariate analysis with P-value <0.05 |
| Table 2: Multivariable logistic regression showing factors associated with treatment outcomes of admitted children with SAM to TFU at Woldia Hospital, northern Ethiopia from Sep. 2011 to December 2013. |
