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Table 1 Clinical staging by period of recruitment – Bangwe

From: An assessment of food supplementation to chronically sick patients receiving home based care in Bangwe, Malawi : a descriptive study

 

Clinical staging

Total

PERIOD

2

3

4

 

1

14

40

111

165

2

3

30

87

120

3

1

17

46

64

Total

18

87

244

349

%

5%

25%

70%

100%

  1. Chi sq = 7.2, df 4, p = 0.13
  2. period 1 – patients recruited before food supplementation started
  3. period 2 – patients recruited in the first six months after food supplementation started
  4. period 3 – patients recruited in the second six months period after food supplementation started