Variables | Acute malnutrition* | Chronic malnutrition | Mixed malnutrition | Study population | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 123) | (N = 344) | (N = 100) | (N = 1350) | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age group in years | ||||||||
[2–5] | 10 | 8 | 59 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 161 | 12 |
[5–10] | 44 | 36 | 122 | 35 | 17 | 17 | 505 | 37 |
[10–19] | 69 | 56 | 163 | 47 | 70 | 70 | 684 | 51 |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 45 | 37 | 155 | 45 | 33 | 33 | 665 | 49 |
Male | 78 | 63 | 189 | 55 | 67 | 67 | 685 | 51 |
Immunodeficiency for age‡ | ||||||||
No immunodeficient | 70 | 57 | 195 | 57 | 45 | 45 | 802 | 59 |
Moderate | 13 | 11 | 46 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 196 | 15 |
Severe | 33 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 31 | 31 | 223 | 17 |
Missing | 7 | 6 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 129 | 10 |
WHO clinical stage‡ | ||||||||
I | 50 | 41 | 139 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 673 | 50 |
II | 34 | 28 | 101 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 342 | 25 |
III | 16 | 13 | 73 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 212 | 16 |
IV | 17 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 90 | 7 |
Missing | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
Nutritional support within 6 months prior to the study|| | ||||||||
None | 69 | 56 | 148 | 43 | 51 | 51 | 704 | 52 |
1 support | 21 | 17 | 100 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 350 | 26 |
2 supports | 12 | 10 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 100 | 7 |
3–4 supports | 18 | 15 | 65 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 178 | 13 |
Missing | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
Nutritional support during the study|| | ||||||||
None | 77 | 63 | 161 | 47 | 54 | 54 | 747 | 55 |
1 support | 21 | 17 | 114 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 373 | 28 |
2 supports | 17 | 14 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 143 | 11 |
3 supports | 6 | 5 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 73 | 5 |
Missing | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
Duration of ART | ||||||||
<6 Months | 11 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 94 | 7 |
≥6 Months | 81 | 66 | 245 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 979 | 73 |
No yet started | 25 | 20 | 63 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 237 | 18 |
Unknown | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 3 |
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis | ||||||||
Yes | 101 | 82 | 271 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 1040 | 77 |
No | 21 | 17 | 69 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 294 | 22 |
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Orphan status | ||||||||
Single (father deceased) | 17 | 14 | 67 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 278 | 21 |
Single (mother deceased) | 21 | 17 | 62 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 213 | 16 |
Double orphan | 33 | 27 | 70 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 312 | 23 |
No orphan | 51 | 42 | 141 | 41 | 29 | 29 | 528 | 39 |
Missing | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
Country | ||||||||
Benin | 5 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 4 |
Burundi | 34 | 28 | 104 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 456 | 34 |
Cameroun | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 4 |
Côte d’Ivoire | 26 | 21 | 60 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 247 | 18 |
Mali | 24 | 20 | 47 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 173 | 13 |
Chad | 7 | 6 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 120 | 9 |
Togo | 27 | 22 | 59 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 250 | 19 |