Table 3 Risk factors for mortality in children exiting the program with MUAC <115 mm

From: Seasonal effect and long-term nutritional status following exit from a Community-Based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition program in Bihar, India

Risk factor

Dead N (%)

Alive N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age at time of exit

 6–<12

16 (6.8)

219 (93.2)

0.8 (0.3, 1.9)

0.564

0.5 (0.2, 1.7)

0.279

 12–<24

13 (3.4)

364 (96.6)

0.4 (0.1, 0.97)

0.035

0.3 (0.1, 0.9)

0.027

24

7 (8.8)

73 (91.3)

    

Gender

 Female

31 (6.3)

463 (93.7)

2.6 (0.99, 6.8)

0.045

2.6 (0.9, 7.2)

0.069

 Male

5 (2.5)

193 (97.5)

    

MUAC at time of exit

 <100

17 (26.6)

47 (73.4)

45.7 (12.4, 248.2)

<0.001

44.4 (10.7, 184.3)

<0.001

 100–<105

11 (10.7)

92 (89.3)

15.1 (3.9, 85.4)

<0.001

14.7 (3.8, 57.5)

<0.001

 105–<110

5 (3.5)

138 (96.5)

4.6 (0.9, 29.8)

0.038

4.6 (1.1, 19.6)

0.042

 110–<115

3 (0.8)

379 (99.2)

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WHZ

 <–3

26 (8.1)

295 (91.9)

3.2 (1.5, 6.7)

0.0014

1.01 (0.4, 2.6)

0.982

–3

10 (2.7)

361 (97.3)

    

HAZ

 <–3

27 (5.1)

505 (94.9)

0.9 (0.4, 2.0)

0.784

  

–3

9 (5.6)

151 (94.4)

    

Length of stay in program

7 Weeks

34 (6.6)

485 (93.4)

6.0 (1.5, 52.0)

0.005

1.5 (0.1, 23.4)

0.790

 >7 Weeks

2 (1.2)

171 (98.8)

    

Admission in stabilization center

 Yes

6 (8.8)

62 (91.2)

1.9 (0.8,4.8)

0.157

  

 No

30 (4.8)

594 (95.2)

    
  1. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HAZ, height for age Z-score; MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference; OR, odds ratio; WHZ, weight for height Z-score. Bolding refers to values that are statistically significant (P value<0.05).