Predicators for Weight Gain in Children Treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Prospective Study at Nutritional Rehabilitation Center

Table 2

Parent’s education/working status in two groups.

Parameter	Weight gain	Nonweight gain	𝑃 value, OR (95% CI)
Mother’s education status
Illiterate	34 (26.6%)	49 (28.5%)	0.024
<5th standard	28 (21.9%)	59 (34.3%)
>5th standard	66 (51.6%)	647 (37.2%)
Father’s education status
Illiterate	27 (21.9%)	27 (15.7%)	0.316
<5th standard	42 (32.8%)	69 (40.1%)
>5th standard	59 (46.1%)	76 (44.2%)
Mother’s working status
House wives	37 (28.9%)	33 (19.2%)	0.049, 1.713 (0.999–2.935)
Working	91 (71.1%)	139 (80.8%)
Socioeconomic status
Classes I–III	31 (25%)	7 (0.1%)	0.0001, 7.533, (3.195–17.764)
Classes IV and V	97 (75%)	165 (95.9%)