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

Table 4 Correlates of transfer back to stabilization among 341 children treated with severe acute malnutrition ^a

	Unadjusted			Age and sex adjusted
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Child characteristics
Age, months	0.97	0.93; 0.99	0.04	0.96	0.93; 0.99	0.04
Female sex, n (%)	0.78	0.47; 1.29	0.33	0.76	0.45; 1.26	0.29
Severity of illness, VAS^b	0.83	0.72; 0.94	0.01	0.83	0.73; 0.95	0.01
HIV status, n (%)
Exposed	0.74	0.37; 1.49	0.40	0.72	0.36; 1.47	0.37
Positive	1.62	0.73; 3.56	0.23	1.68	0.75; 3.72	0.20
Weight-for-height z	0.72	0.61; 0.86	<0.001	0.75	0.62; 0.89	0.002
Height-for-age z	0.95	0.80; 1.13	0.59	0.91	0.76; 1.09	0.33
MUAC, cm	0.77	0.64; 0.91	0.003	0.79	0.66; 0.95	0.01
Symptoms on admission (%)
Cough	1.16	0.68; 1.97	0.58	1.14	0.67; 1.95	0.62
Diarrhea	0.92	0.56; 1.51	0.73	0.87	0.53; 1.45	0.61
Fever	0.94	0.57; 1.54	0.81	0.94	0.57; 1.55	0.81
Clinical signs on admission (%)
Oedema
Grade 1	1.12	0.42; 3.00	0.81	1.22	0.45; 3.28	0.69
Grade 2	0.80	0.40; 1.61	0.54	0.86	0.43; 1.75	0.68
Grade 3	0.55	0.31; 0.99	0.05	0.63	0.34; 1.15	0.13
Flaky paint dermatosis	0.91	0.32; 2.54	0.855	0.94	0.33; 2.66	0.91
Laboratory data on admission
C-reactive protein, mg/l
> 10	0.87	0.51; 1.47	0.61	0.88	0.52; 1.49	0.64
Hemoglobin, g/dl	1.12	0.98; 1.29	0.09	1.13	0.99; 1.29	0.06
Clinical data at transition
Edema at time of transition
Grade 1	0.53	0.24; 1.12	0.10	0.53	0.23; 1.16	0.11
Grade 2	1.91	0.31; 11.6	0.48	3.28	0.47; 22.45	0.23
Weight at transition, kg	0.72	0.58; 0.87	0.001	0.64	0.48; 0.84	0.001
Diarrhoea during stabilization	1.02	0.96; 1.09	0.39	1.02	0.96; 1.08	0.54
Duration of stabilization phase	0.97	0.92; 1.02	0.27	0.96	0.92; 1..02	0.24

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