Comorbidities and Factors Associated with Mortality among Children under Five Years Admitted with Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Nutritional Unit of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Eastern Uganda

Table 1

Factors associated with mortality among children below 5 years with severe acute malnutrition in JRRH.

Factor	Mortality		cRR (95% CI)		aRR (95% CI)
	Yes,	No,
Sex of child
Males	39 (18.75)	169 (81.25)	1.0
Females	10 (7.69)	120 (92.31)	0.4 (0.17-0.75)	0.01	0.39 (0.17-0.87)	0.02
Age of child in months
≤ 12	14 (13.08)	93 (86.92)	1.0		—	—
13-24	26 (14.53)	153 (85.47)	1.1 (0.56-2.27)	0.73	—	—
> 24	9 (17.31)	43 (82.69)	1.3 (3.55-3.46)	0.48	—	—
Immunization status
Complete	25 (14.12)	152 (85.88)	1.0		—	—
No/incomplete	24 (14.91)	137 (85.09)	1.0 (0.58-1.95)	0.84	—	—
Duration of admission
< 24 hours	4 (80.00)	1 (20.00)	1.0
24-71 hours	10 (83.33)	2 (16.67)	1.2 (0.08-17.97)	0.87	1.73 (0.11-27.20)	0.70
72 hours +	35 (10.90)	286 (89.10)	0.04 (0.00-0.28)	0.01	0.04 (0.00-0.40)	0.01
Exclusive breastfeeding
Yes	14 (12.84)	95 (87.16)	1.0
No	35 (15.28)	95 (87.16)	1.2 (0.62-2.38)	0.55	—	—
Caregiver’s relationship to child
Mother	36 (15.19)	201 (84.81)	1.0
Father	4 (14.29)	24 (85.71)	0.9 (0.30-2.84)	0.90	—	—
Grandparent	7 (12.73)	48 (87.27)	0.8 (0.34-1.94)	0.64	—	—
Others	2 (11.11)	16 (88.89)	0.6 (0.15-3.16)	0.64	—	—
Age of caregiver in years
< 20 years	2 (8.00)	23 (92.00)	1.0		—	—
20-29 years	30 (18.18)	81 (.82)	2.5 (0.57.11.43)	0.22	—	—
30-49 years	14 (11.57)	107 (88.43)	1.5 (0.31-7.07)	0.61	—	—
50+ years	3 (11.11)	24 (88.89)	1.4 (0.21-9.40)	0.71	—	—
Residence
Urban	5 (7.81)	59 (92.19)	1.0		—	—
Rural	44 (16.06)	230 (83.94)	2.3 (0.85-5.94)	0.10	—	—
Highest education level
No formal	15 (18.99)	64 (81.01)	1.0
Primary	29 (15.43)	159 (84.57)	0.8 (0.39-1.54)	0.48	1.12 (0.49-2.57)	0.79
Secondary +	5 (7.04)	66 (92.96)	0.3 (0.11-0.94)	0.04	0.38 (0.10-1.41)	0.15
Occupation
Peasant	8 (14.29)	48 (85.71)	1.0
Business	35 (17.07)	170 (82.93)	1.2 (0.53-2.83)	0.62	—	—
Civil servant/formal	6 (7.79)	71 (92.21)	0.5 (0.16-1.55)	0.24	—	—
Average monthly income of caregiver (Ugx)
< 100,000 Ushs	43 (16.6)	216 (83.4)	1.0
100,000 + Ushs	6 (7.59)	73 (92.41)	0.4 (0.16-1.00)	0.05	0.62 (0.23-1.65)	0.34