Serum phosphate and magnesium in children recovering from severe acute undernutrition in Ethiopia: an observational study

Table 2 Correlates of serum phosphate and magnesium at admission in 72 children with severe acute malnutrition^a

	[N]	S-phosphate, mmol/L		S-magnesium, mmol/L
	[N]	B (95 % CI)	P	B (95 % CI)	P
Female sex	[68]	0.10 (−0.06; 0.27)	0.21	0.03 (−0.08; 0.14)	0.63
Age, months	[68]
6–24	[29]	−0.15 (−0.34; 0.03)	0.10	−0.03 (−0.16; 0.10)	0.63
25–36	[22]	ref.		ref.
37–60	[17]	−0.27 (−0.48; −0.06)	0.01	−0.14 (−0.28; 0.01)	0.07
Edema	[68]	−0.13 (−0.31; 0.05)	0.16	−0.12 (−0.24; 0.01)	0.07
Anthropometric data
Mid-upper arm circumference, cm	[58]	0.01 (−0.04; 0.06)	0.74	−0.01 (−0.05; 0.02)	0.51
Weight-for-height, z	[67]	−0.02 (−0.07; 0.04)	0.51	−0.02 (−0.06; 0.02)	0.27
Height-for-age, z	[68]	−0.02 (−0.06; 0.02)	0.37	−0.02 (−0.05; 0.01)	0.12
Serum biochemistry:
Serum alpha-1-Acid glucoprotein, g/L	[55]	−0.01 (−0.11; 0.10)	0.92	−0.02 (−0.09; 0.05)	0.54
Serum albumin, g/L	[68]	0.02 (0.01; 0.03)	<0.001	0.02 (0.01; 0.02)	<0.001
Co-diagnoses:
Pneumonia	[68]	−0.07 (−0.25; 0.11)	0.46	−0.03 (−0.16; 0.09)	0.60
Tuberculosis	[68]	−0.10 (−0.58; 0.37)	0.66	0.20 (−0.12; 0.53)	0.22
One or more co-diagnoses ^b	[68]	−0.05 (−0.22; 0.12)	0.58	−0.01 (−0.13; 0.11)	0.85

^a Data are regression coefficients B and 95 % confidence intervals adjusted for age and sex
^b Co-diagnoses included HIV, tuberculosis, persistent diarrhea and pneumonia

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