Table 1 Log Rank (Mantel-Cox) test of equality of survival distribution for sociodemographics, admission type, breastfeeding status and diagnosis in severely malnourished children hospitalized to Suhul hospital, 2023
Variable | Category | Percentage of outcome | Median survival (days) | 95% CI | Log rank (Mantel-Cox) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recovered Number (%) | Censored Number (%) | Total Number (%) | LB | UB | Chi-square | p-value | |||
Age in months | 1–5 | 39 (21.2) | 1 (0.54) | 40 (21.7) | 10 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 4.084 | 0.253 |
6–11 | 23 (12.5) | 1 (0.54) | 24 [13] | 8 | 6.4 | 9.6 | |||
12–23 | 66 (35.9) | 2 (1.1) | 68 [37] | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
24–59 | 49 (26.6) | 3 (1.62) | 52 (28.3) | 10 | 8.3 | 11.7 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7 (3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
Sex | Female | 94 (51.1) | 5 (2.7) | 99 (53.8) | 8 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 0.110 | 0.740 |
Male | 83 (45.1) | 2 (1.1) | 85 (46.2) | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7 (3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
Residence | Host-rural | 101 (54.9) | 7 (3.8) | 108 (58.7) | 8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 1.315 | 0.518 |
IDP | 45 (24.5) | 0 (0) | 45 (24.5) | 10 | 8.2 | 11.8 | |||
Host-urban | 31 (16.8) | 0 (0) | 31 (16.8) | 9 | 7.9 | 10.1 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7(3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
Type of admission | New | 173 (94) | 7 (3.8) | 180 (97.8) | 9 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 0.326 | 0.568 |
Re-admission | 4 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 4 (2.2) | 8 | 6.3 | 9.7 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7 (3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
Breastfeeding | Yes | 113 (61.4) | 4 (2.2) | 117 (63.6) | 9 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 3.373 | 0.185 |
Not indicated | 36 (19.6) | 1 (0.5) | 37 (20.1) | 10 | 7.8 | 12.2 | |||
No | 28 (15.2) | 2 (1.1) | 30 (16.3) | 8 | 7.6 | 8.4 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7 (3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||
Diagnosis | Marasmus | 144 (78.3) | 5 (2.7) | 149 (81) | 8 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 6.070 | 0.048 |
Kwashiorkor | 23 (12.5) | 2 (1.1) | 25 (13.6) | 10 | 8.2 | 11.8 | |||
Marasmic-Kwash | 10 (5.4) | 0 (0) | 10 (5.4) | 10 | 5.4 | 14.6 | |||
Overall | 177 (96.2) | 7 (3.8) | 184 (100) | 8 | 7.5 | 8.5 | |||