|
Female sex
|
24 (48.0)
|
8 (36.4)
|
0.36
|
|
Age, months
|
35 ± 14
|
26 ± 12
|
0.01
|
|
Anthropometric data
|
|
Weight-for-height, z
|
−2.9 ± 1.6
|
−4.3 ± 0.9
|
<0.001
|
|
Height-for-age, z
|
−3.0 ± 2.0
|
−3.9 ± 1.8
|
0.059
|
|
Mid-upper arm circumference, cm
|
11.6 ± 1.5
|
9.5 ± 0.9
|
<0.001
|
|
Clinical data
|
|
Axillary temperature, °C
|
36.3 ± 0.8
|
36.0 ± 0.6
|
0.11
|
|
Respiratory rate, breaths/min
|
32.1 ± 4.0
|
32.2 ± 3.3
|
0.91
|
|
Pulse rate, beats/min
|
113.4 ± 7.8
|
114.2 ± 6.6
|
0.68
|
|
Reported morbidity previous month
|
|
Fever
|
40 (80.0)
|
17 (77.3)
|
0.79
|
|
Malaria
|
15 (30.0)
|
6 (27.3)
|
0.82
|
|
Cough or difficult breathing
|
15 (30.0)
|
11 (50.0)
|
0.10
|
|
Diarrhea
|
43 (86.0)
|
19 (86.4)
|
0.97
|
|
Measles
|
5 (10.0)
|
0 (0.0)
|
0.12
|
|
Morbidity ≥ 1
|
50 (100)
|
21 (95.5)
|
0.13
|
|
Co-diagnoses
|
|
HIV
|
0 (0.0)
|
2 (9.1)
|
0.03
|
|
Tuberculosis
|
0 (0.0)
|
3 (13.6)
|
0.01
|
|
Persistent diarrhea
|
2 (4.0)
|
0 (0.0)
|
0.34
|
|
Pneumonia
|
13 (26.0)
|
7 (31.8)
|
0.61
|
|
Co-diagnoses ≥ 1
|
15 (30.0)
|
9 (40.9)
|
0.37
|
|
Biochemistry data
|
|
Serum albumin, g/L
|
13.6 ± 6.4
|
24.1 ± 8.4
|
<0.001
|
|
Serum alpha1-acid glycoprotein, g/L
|
2.9 ± 0.8
|
2.7 ± 1.0
|
0.39
|
