Uptake of HIV testing and outcomes within a Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programme to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition in Malawi: a descriptive study

Table 3 Demographic characteristics, tuberculosis history and nutrition admission criteria according to the HIV status of children from retrospective and prospective cohorts.

	Prospective				p-value	Retrospective				p-value
	HIV+ve		HIV-ve			HIV+ve		HIV-ve
Variable	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Sex
Female	12	54.5	341	49.3		15	53.6	580	52.4
Male	10	45.5	351	50.7	0.626	13	46.4	527	47.6	0.902
Total	22	100.0	692	100.0		28	100.0	1107	100.0
Age
< 12	5	25.0	57	10.0		4	16.0	153	16.9
12-<24	6	30.0	266	46.7		9	36.0	345	38.0
24-<36	4	20.0	149	26.1	0.099	8	32.0	267	29.4	0.993
> = 36	5	25.0	98	17.2		4	16.0	143	15.7
Total	20	100.0	570	100.0		25	100.0	908	100.0
Parents status
Orphan (1 or both parents)	7	31.8	28	4.2		10	34.5	90	7.9
Parents alive	15	68.2	646	95.8	< 0.001	19	65.5	1046	92.1	< 0.001
Total	22	100.0	674	100.0		29	100.0	1136	100.0
Presence of proxy indicator
> = 1 proxy present	14	66.7	138	21.5		15	53.6	261	23.9
None	7	33.3	505	78.5	< 0.001	13	46.4	832	76.1	< 0.001
Total	21	100.0	643	100.0		28	100.0	1093	100.0
Family history of tuberculosis
Yes	4	19.0	54	8.0		7	29.2	120	18.7
No	17	81.0	621	92.0	0.089	17	70.8	522	81.3	0.193
Total	21		675	100.0		24	100.0	642	100.0
Admission category
oedema	14	63.6	583	84.4		16	55.2	643	67.8
No oedema	8	36.4	108	15.6	0.017	13	44.8	306	32.2	0.017
Total	22	100.0	691	100.0		29	100.0	949	100.0

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