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Table 1 Main characteristics of study subjects at admission (n = 258a)

From: Safety and practicability of using mid-upper arm circumference as a discharge criterion in community based management of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months programmes

Characteristic

Number

Proportion

Males

115

44.6 %

Females

143

55.4 %

Number with MUAC ≤115 mmb only

248

96.1 %

Number with MUAC ≤ 115 mm and oedema

10

3.9 %

Requiring inpatient carec

27

10.5 %

No concurrent illnesses recordedd

125

48.4 %

Diarrhoead

56

21.7 %

Vomitingd

23

8.9 %

Feverd

65

25.2 %

Respiratory illnessd

73

28.3 %

HIV positivee,f

19

7.4 %

HIV negative

121

46.9 %

HIV status not known (i.e. testing refused)

118

45.7 %

  1. aThere were no refusals
  2. bMUAC tapes were marked in divisions of 1 mm and color-coded. A’red MUAC’, signifying severe acute malnutrition, was marked red at the 115 mm cut off point
  3. cInpatient stabilisation care prior to enrolment in the study as per CMAM National Guidelines
  4. dDoes not sum to 100 % due to some subjects having multiple illnesses at presentation
  5. eSerial HIV testing according to national protocol using Determine™ and Uni-Gold Recombigen™ HIV assays
  6. fPrevalence of HIV in those tested was 13.6 %