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

Table 2 Main characteristics of study subjects at admission (n = 258^a)

Characteristic	Minimum	Lower Quartile	Median	Mean	Upper Quartile	Maximum
Age at admission (months)	6.0	10.0	14.0	16.4	21.0	51.0
MUAC at admission (cm)^c	8.0	10.4	11.0	10.8	11.4	11.5
Height at admission (cm)	53.3	62.5	67.4	67.6	72.2	92.5
Median duration of inpatient episode (days)^b	2.0	5.0	7.0	8.3	9.0	25.0

^aThere were no refusals
^bInpatient stabilisation care prior to enrolment in the study as per CMAM National Guidelines
^c101 (39.1 %) of admissions were below 65 cm in height

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