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Table 4 Description of the cohort at admission (admission criteria, anthropometry, and comorbidity) in the sample of admissions from the Nigeria Outpatient Therapeutic Program (2010 to 2013)

From: Mid-upper-arm circumference based case-detection, admission, and discharging of under five children in a large-scale community-based management of acute malnutrition program in Nigeria

Attribute

Details

Number

Percentage

Admission criteria

MUAC only

97,239

95.1%

MUAC with oedema

1417

1.4%

Oedema only

180

0.2%

Other

3409

3.3%

MUAC at admission (mm)

Minimum

75.0

 

Lower quartile

102.0

 

Median

109.0

 

Mean

106.1

 

Upper quartile

111.0

 

Maximum

135.0

 

Missing

1568

1.5%

Weight-for-age z-score at admission

Minimum

−8.413

 

Lower quartile

−5.005

 

Median

−4.272

 

Mean

−4.288

 

Upper quartile

−3.583

 

Maximum

−0.085

 

Missing

14,022

13.7%

Comorbidity at admission

Any comorbidity

38,275

37.4%

Diarrhoea

25, 011

24.5%

Vomiting

13,768

13.5%

Fever

20,893

20.4%

Respiratory illness

14,288

14.0%

Comorbidity during the treatment episodea

Any comorbidity

7537

7.4%

Diarrhoea

3993

3.9%

Vomiting

1481

1.4%

Fever

3755

3.7%

Respiratory illness

2043

2.0%

  1. aReported only for cases with more than a single visit