SAM1 N = 400 | Healthy controls1, N = 30 | p | ||
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Male sex | 230 (58) | 18 (60) | 0.78 | |
Age, months | 17 (± 8.5) | 27 (± 13.5 ) | < 0.001 | |
Anthropometry | ||||
Mid-upper-arm circumference, cm | 11.6 (± 1.5) | 15.2 (± 1.3) | < 0.001 | |
Weight-for-height/length Z-scores | -2.6 (± 1.5) | 0.6 (± 1.1) | < 0.001 | |
Height/length-for-age Z-scores | -3.1 (± 1.4) | -1.2 (± 1.8) | < 0.001 | |
Birth weight, kg | 3.3 (± 0.82) | 3.6 (± 0.7) | 0.23 | |
Breastfed | ||||
Currently | 54 (14) | 12 (40) | 0.001 | |
Maternal factors | ||||
Lives with child | 317 (81) | 25 (83) | 0.26 | |
Education a | 211(54) | 12 (40) | 0.30 | |
Married/cohabiting | 212 (55) | 23 (77) | 0.01 | |
HIV positive | 109 (34) | 2 (6) | < 0.001 |