Transition from F-75 to ready-to-use therapeutic food in children with severe acute malnutrition, an observational study in Uganda

Table 2 Correlates of failed transition from F-75 to RUTF among 341 children treated for severe acute malnutrition^a

	Unadjusted			Age and sex adjusted
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	P
Child characteristics
Age, months	0.96	0.93;0.99	0.02	0.96	0.93;0.99	0.01
Female sex, n (%)	0.83	0.53;1.31	0.42	0.80	0.51;1.28	0.37
How sick, VAS^b	1.14	1.01;1.29	0.03	1.16	1.02;1.32	0.02
HIV status, n (%)
Exposed	1.03	0.56;1.86	0.91	0.96	0.52;1.79	0.92
Positive	2.58	1.22;5.48	0.01	2.73	1.27;5.85	0.02
Weight-for-height z	0.77	0.68;0.91	0.001	0.82	0.69; 0.95	0.01
Weight-for-height z
≥ −2	ref
< −2 and > − 3	1.37	0.71; 2.68	0.34	1.31	0.67; 2.57	0.42
< −3 and > −4	2.42	1.35; 4.34	0.003	2.13	1.17; 3.88	0.01
< −4 and > −5	2.10	1.01; 4.33	0.04	1.81	0.86; 3.81	0.12
≤ −5	3.03	0.98; 9.32	0.05	2.52	0.81; 7.94	0.11
Height-for-age z	0.91	0.78;1.06	0.24	0.86	0.72;1.02	0.07
MUAC, cm	0.77	0.66;0.89	0.001	0.79	0.68;0.94	0.01
Symptoms on admission (%)
Cough	1.05	0.65;1.69	0.83	1.04	0.64;1.67	0.89
Diarrhea	1.03	0.66;1.62	0.87	1.00	0.62;1.59	0.99
Fever	1.27	0.81;1.98	0.30	1.27	0.80;2.01	0.31
Clinical signs on admission (%)
Oedema
Grade 1	1.41	0.56;3.54	0.46	1.55	0.61;3.93	0.35
Grade 2	1.08	0.58;2.03	0.79	1.20	0.63;2.28	0.57
Grade 3	0.68	0.41;1.16	0.16	0.80	0.46;1.38	0.42
Flaky paint dermatosis	1.08	0.44;2.66	0.86	1.12	0.45;2.78	0.80
Laboratory data on admission
C-reactive protein, mg/l
> 10	0.97	0.60;1.57	0.92	0.98	0.61;1.60	0.96
Hemoglobin, g/dl	0.96	0.85;1.08	0.52	0.96	0.84;1.08	0.52
Weight at transition, kg	0.73	0.61;0.86	<0.001	0.68	0.53;0.86	0.002
No. of days with diarrhoea during stabilization	1.01	0.95;1.07	0.80	0.99	0.94;1.06	0.97
No. of days of stabilization phase	1.02	0.98;1.07	0.31	1.02	0.97;1.06	0.36

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