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Table 2 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 400 SAM children

From: Thymus size and its correlates among children admitted with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional study in Uganda

 

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Clinical presentation

 History

  Sick for > 2 weeks

260 (65)

  Severity of sickness VAS b

6 (± 2)

  Fever

211 (53)

  Cough

262 (66)

 Examination

  Oedema

263 (66)

  Oral thrush

84 (21)

  Dermatosis

27 (7)

 Diagnosis

  Diarrhoea

244 (61)

  Pneumonia

68 (17)

  Suspected tuberculosis

76 (19)

  Suspected septicaemia

96 (24)

  HIV status

   Positive

43 (11)

   Exposed, negative

72 (18)

   Unexposed, Negative

252 (63)

Blood tests

 

  C-Reactive Protein, mg/l (N = 352)

   < 5

92 (26)

   5–15

80 (23)

   > 15

180 (51)

  Leucocytes, x109/L (N = 298)

   Total lymphocytes

6 (± 2.9)

   Total neutrophils

5 (± 5.0)

  Haemoglobin, g/dl (N = 298)

9 (± 2.2)

  1. a Data presented as frequencies (%) or as mean (± standard deviation). For some categorical variables, numbers do not add up due to missing data.
  2. b Evaluated by the child’s caregiver on a visual analogue scale from 0 to 10
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