Table 1 Demographic and admission characteristics for 135 severely malnourished children admitted to Minia University Hospital, January to December 2018
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age (months) | |
6–11 m | 98 (72.6) |
12–24 m | 31 (23.0) |
> 24 m | 6 (4.4) |
Sex | |
Males | 67 (49.6) |
Females | 68 (50.4) |
Residence | |
Rural | 81 (60.0) |
Urban | 54 (40.0) |
Socioeconomic score | |
Very low social standard | 33 (24.4) |
Low social standard | 44 (32.6) |
Middle social standard | 48 (35.6) |
High social standard | 10 (7.4) |
Mother’s education | |
Educated | 94 (70.0) |
Illiterate | 41 (30.0) |
Admission anthropometric characteristics | |
WAZ < −3SD without edema | 9 (7) |
Edema with WAZ < −3SD | 51 (37.8) |
Edema without WAZ < −3SD | 49 (36.3) |
Stunting (HAZ < −2SD) | 8 (5.9) |
Severe stunting (HAZ < −3SD) | 1 (0.7) |
Wasting (WHZ < −2SD) | 8 (5.9) |
Severe wasting (WHZ < −3 SD) | 127 (94.1) |
Length of hospital staya | 15.47 ± 6.2 |
Co-morbidity/complication at admission | |
Dehydration | 23 (17.0) |
Bronchopneumonia | 16 (11.9) |
Sepsis | 13 (9.6) |
Others | 6 (4.4) |
More than one of the above complications | 11 (8.1) |