Table 1 Characteristics of patients hospitalized for severe acute malnutrition
From: Design and application of a novel two-amplicon approach for defining eukaryotic microbiota
| Â | All | Edematous SAM | Severe wasting | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 44 | n = 27 | n = 17 | |||||
Female, n (%)1 | 25* | (57%) | 15 | (55%) | 10 | (59%) | 1 |
Age, months | 23 | ± 11.8 | 27.1 | ± 11.7 | 17.9 | ± 9.8 | .02 |
Length, cm | 75.9 | ± 9.0 | 79.8 | ± 7.4 | 69.8 | ± 8.0 | .002 |
Height-for-age, Z-score | − 3.0 | ± 2.0 | − 2.6 | ± 1.9 | − 3.7 | ± 1.9 | .08 |
Weight-for-age, Z-score | − 3.7 | ± 1.7 | − 2.9 | ± 1.3 | − 5.1 | ± 1.1 | < .001 |
Weight-for-height, Z-score | − 3.0 | ± 1.8 | − 2 | ± 1.4 | − 4.6 | ± 1.0 | < .001 |
Diarrhea, n (%)2 | 15 | (36%) | 11 | (40%) | 4 | (27%) | .5 |
HIV reactive, n (%)3 | 18* | (45%) | 7 | (29%) | 11 | (69%) | .02 |
Death4 | 7 | (16%) | 2 | (7%) | 5 | (29%) | .09 |