Co-morbidity, treatment outcomes and factors affecting the recovery rate of under -five children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in selected hospitals from Ethiopia: retrospective follow up study

Table 4 Univariate and Multiple analyses for predictors of recovery rate for children with SAM in TFCs of selected hospital, Ethiopia, 2013–2015

Covariates	Recovered	Censored	Crude HR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Covariates	Frequency	Frequency	Crude HR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Age group
Less than 12 months	102	85	1		1
12–24 months	92	68	0.73 (0.55, 0.97)	0.032*	0.78 (0.53, 1.14)
More than 24 months	27	27	0.85 (0.55, 1.29)	0.440	1.08 (0.62, 1.79)
Health Facility
Debre Berhan RH	153	136	1		1
Enat General H	40	25	1.60 (1.12, 2.28)	0.009*	0.91 (0.47, 1.72)
Mehal Meda PH	38	7	1.80 (1.29, 2.50)	0.000*	2.01 (1.34, 2.91)**
Complementary fed
Yes	143	136	1.46 (1.05, 2.01)	0.023*	0.89 (0.57, 1.41)
No	50	16	1		1
Pneumonia
Present	111	86	0.79 (0.6, 1.04)	0.098*	0.71 (0.51, 0.98)**
Absent	95	72	1		1
Anemia
Present	28	23	1.34 (0.89, 1.99)	0.155*	0.94 (0.61, 1.46)
Absent	177	125	1		1
Rickets
Present	51	28	0.683 (0.49,0.94)	0.020*	1.41 (0.98, 2.04)
Absent	151	127	1		1
NG tube inserted
Yes	103	97	1.26 (0.95, 1.66)	0.112*	0.84 (0.60, 1.17)
No	94	60	1		1
Bilateral edema
Present	42	188	0.50 (0.35, 0.71)	0.000*	0.59 (0.39, 0.90)**
Absent	47	132	1		1

N.B: (*) indicates that significant variables in Univariate analysis at 25% level of significance
(**) indicates that significant variables in Multiple analysis at 5% level of significance

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