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.