Research Article
Treatment Outcome of Severe Acute Malnutrition Cases at the Tamale Teaching Hospital
Table 7
Factors associated with recovery from severe acute malnutrition (bivariate analysis).
| Factor | | Recovery from SAM? | Test statistic | No (%) | Yes (%) |
| Age group (months) | | | | | 6–11 | 92 | 77 (83.7) | 15 (16.3) | | 12–23 | 128 | 81 (63.3) | 47 (36.7) | Chi-square | 24–59 | 128 | 73 (57.0) | 55 (43.0) | | Admission criteria | | | | | MUAC < 115 mm | 311 | 213 (68.5) | 98 (31.5) | | Bilateral pitting oedema | 37 | 18 (48.6) | 19 (51.4) | Classification of % change in weight | | | | | Up to 20% | 256 | 187 (73.0) | 69 (27.0) | | More than 20% | 92 | 44 (47.8) | 48 (52.2) | Defaulted | | | | | No | 163 | 83 (50.9) | 80 (49.1) | | Yes | 185 | 148 (80.0) | 37 (20.0) |
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