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Table 3 The associated co-morbidities seen among patients

From: Under-five Protein Energy Malnutrition Admitted at the University of In Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu: a 10 year retrospective review

Co-morbidity

Frequency

(%)

Diarrhea

48 (72.2)

Malaria

29 (43.9)

Sepsis

25 (37.9)

Severe anaemia

16 (24.2)

Bronchopneumonia.

11 (16.7)

HIV

9 (13.6)

Tuberculosis

8 (12.1)

Scabies

2 (3.0)

Chronic suppurative otitis media

1 (1.5)

Rickets

1 (1.5)

Keratomalacia

1 (1.5)

  1. The table shows the associated co-morbidities noted in the patients.