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Table 5 Characteristic and frequency of children with undernutrition, HIV and RVA

From: Rotavirus A infection in children under five years old with a double health problem: undernutrition and diarrhoea – a cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique

Clinical characteristic

Categories

n = 17

HIV and RVA positive (%)

Age in months

 

0–11

13

76.5

 

12–23

4

23.5

 

24–59

0

0.0

Province

 

Maputo

14

82.4

 

Nampula

2

11.8

 

Zambézia

1

5.9

 

Sofala

0

0.0

Number of family members

 

<5

4

23.5

 

≥5

13

76.5

Diarrhoea episodes in 24 h

 

1–3

7

43.8

 

4–5

6

37.5

 

≥6

3

18.8

 

Unknown/ missing

1

 

Vomit

 

Yes

4

23.5

 

No

13

76.5

Undernutritiona

 

Underweight

12

63.2

 

Wasting

6

31.6

 

Stunting

3

15.8

Hospitalization (in days)

 

1–4

3

60.0

 

5

1

20.0

 

≥6

1

20.0

 

Unknown/ missing

12

 
  1. a The sample size for undernutrition variable is 21 due to children that have more than one type of undernutrition