Mid-upper-arm circumference based case-detection, admission, and discharging of under five children in a large-scale community-based management of acute malnutrition program in Nigeria

Table 5 Outcomes of treatment in the sample of admissions from the Nigeria Outpatient Therapeutic Program (2010 to 2013)

Attribute	Details	Number	Percentage
Outcome (type of exit)	Defaulted	20,229	19.8%
	Non-recovered	8763	8.6%
	Recovered	72,463	70.9%
	Transferred	507	0.5%
	Died	283	0.3%
	Negative outcomes^a	29,782	29.1%
Weight gain (kg)^b	Minimum	−1.20
	Lower quartile	0.50
	Median	1.10
	Mean	1.12
	Upper quartile	1.60
	Maximum	3.90
Weight velocity (g/kg/day)^c	Minimum	−4.86
	Lower quartile	2.04
	Median	3.44
	Mean	3.63
	Upper quartile	5.08
	Maximum	13.9
Proportional weight gain^d	Minimum	−18.3%
	Lower quartile	0.09
	Median	0.18
	Mean	0.20
	Upper quartile	0.29
	Maximum	0.84
MUAC gain (mm)^e	Minimum	−10.0
	Lower quartile	8.00
	Median	14.0
	Mean	14.0
	Upper quartile	20.0
	Maximum	39.0
Length of stay (visits)^f	Minimum	2.00
	Lower quartile	5.00
	Median	7.00
	Mean	6.80
	Upper quartile	8.00
	Maximum	27.0

^aAll non-recovered cases (default, non-recovery, transfer, and death)
^bOedematous cases, cases with a single visit, and cases with extreme values censored (n = 89,165)
^cOedematous cases, cases with a single visit, and cases with extreme values censored. (n = 87,343)
^dOedematous cases, cases with a single visit, and cases with extreme values censored (n = 89,066)
^eCases with extreme values censored. Analysis is for n = 89,047 cases
^fRecovered cases only (n = 72,463)

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