Table 2 Nutritional status and clinical profile of children included
Characteristic | Categories | N = 842 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Types of undernutrition | |||
Wasting | Mild-to-moderate | 110 | 13.1 |
Severe | 42 | 5.0 | |
Underweight | Mild-to-moderate | 708 | 84.1 |
Severe | 0 | 0.0 | |
Stunting | Mild-to-moderate | 108 | 12.8 |
Severe | 50 | 5.9 | |
Diarrhoea episodes in 24 h | 1–3 | 238 | 28.3 |
4–5 | 332 | 39.4 | |
≥6 | 196 | 23.3 | |
Unknown/ missing | 76 | 9.0 | |
Vomit | Yes | 499 | 59.3 |
No | 337 | 40.0 | |
Unknown/ missing | 6 | 0.7 | |
HIV status | Positive | 55 | 6.5 |
Negative | 518 | 61.5 | |
Unknown/ missing | 269 | 31.9 | |
Duration of hospitalization (days) | 1–4 | 289 | 34.3 |
5 | 77 | 9.1 | |
≥6 | 160 | 19.0 | |
Unknown/ missing | 316 | 37.5 | |