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Table 6 Percent of patients who defaulted by diagnostic category and treatment

From: Severely malnourished children with a low weight-for-height have a higher mortality than those with a low mid-upper-arm-circumference: I. Empirical data demonstrates Simpson’s paradox

 

IPF

 

OTP

 

SFC

 

Category

%

χ2 P Cramer’s V

%

χ2 P Cramer’s V

%

χ2 P Cramer’s V

M-muac

10.5

0.015

7.4

10.6

22.3

29.4

M-whz

10.8

0.901

4.7

0.001

17.2

0.000

  

0.003

 

0.031

 

0.048

K-muac

12.6

1.735

4.5

6.953

  

K-whz

15.7

0.188

8.7

0.008

  
  

0.032

 

0.076

  

M-both

17.1

 

12.3

 

18.5

 

K-both

14.1

 

13.8

   
  1. Abbreviations are given in Table 2