Table 3 Cox proportional Hazards showing risk of mortality among under-five children with severe acute malnutrition attending University Teaching Hospital, in Lusaka
Characteristic | Population | Mortality* | |
|---|---|---|---|
%(n) | Hazards Ratio (CI) | P value* | |
Sex (n = 9 534) | |||
Male | 53.9 (5 148) | 1 | |
Female | 45.9 (4 386) | 1.1 (1.1-1.2) | 0.034 |
HIV status (n = 8 589) | |||
Negative | 67.8 (5 827) | 1 | |
Positive | 32.2 (2 589) | 1.8 (1.6- 2.0) | 0.000 |
Morbidity (n = 9 076) | |||
Marasmic-kwashiorkor | 15.8 (1 511) | 1 | |
Marasmus | 21.6 (1 957) | 1.1 (1.0-1.7) | 0.159 |
Kwashiorkor | 61.8 (5 609) | 1.0 (1.1-1.8) | 0.707 |
Co morbidity (n = 2 037) | |||
No comorbidity | 78.7 (7 503) | 1 | |
Anaemia | 2.3 (218) | 1.0 (0.8-1.4) | 0.933 |
Diarrhoea | 7.6 (723) | 1.6 (1.3-1.9) | 0.000 |
Pneumonia | 5.7 (544) | 1.3 (1.0-1.6) | 0.008 |
Septicaemia | 1.5 (146) | 2.8 (2.9- 3.9) | 0.000 |
Tuberculosis | 1.2 (113) | 1.0 (0.5-1.4) | 0.971 |
Other | 3.1 (293) | 1.8 (0.7-1.8) | 0.000 |
Residence (n = 5 141) | |||
Lusaka | 50.2 (4 791) | 1 | |
Out of Lusaka | 4.0 (358) | 0.7 (0.5- 0.9) | 0.010 |