Severe malnutrition with and without HIV-1 infection in hospitalised children in Kampala, Uganda: differences in clinical features, haematological findings and CD4+cell counts

Table 1 Characteristics of children aged below 60 months with severe malnutrition during 2 peak malnutrition periods.

Age group	HIV-positive children n = 123		HIV-uninfected children n = 192		Total
Months	Male	Female	Male	Female
0–5.9	1	2	4	4	11
6–11.9	15	8	21	14	58
12–23.9	36	21	66	37	160
24–35.9	17	8	19	6	50
36–47.9	4	4	6	6	20
48–59.9	2	5	5	4	16
Total	75	48	121	71	315

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