Research Article

Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital

Table 5

Length of stay and treatment outcomes among cured children under different admission criteria.

Outcome/admission criteriaMean Std. deviation 95% confidence interval for meanTest statistic
Lower boundUpper bound

MUAC on discharge
 MUAC < 115 mm 9813.20.6613.0413.31
 Bilateral pitting oedema 1913.61.1513.0314.14
 Total11713.20.7713.1013.38
Discharge weight
 MUAC < 115 mm988.81.838.479.21
 Bilateral pitting oedema199.91.319.3010.57
 Total1179.01.808.699.35
Number of days on treatment
 MUAC < 115 mm 988.45.137.359.41.9
 Bilateral pitting oedema 198.55.915.6311.32
 Total1178.45.247.439.35