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Table 6 Length of stay, weight gain, weight velocity, proportional weight gain, and mid-upper arm circumference gain by outcome 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

Outcome

Length of stay (weeks)a

Weight gain (kg)a

Weight velocity (g/kg/day)a

Proportional weight gaina

MUAC gain (mm)a

Default

1 (1;5)

0.7 (0.2;1.2)

3.1 (1.3; 5.0)

10% (0.0; 0.2)

9 (3;15)

Non-recovered

4 (2;7)

0.3 (0.0;0.6)

1.6 (0.0; 3.0)

5% (0.0; 0.1)

3 (0;8)

Recovered

7 (5;8)

1.1 (0.5;1.6)

3.4 (2.0, 5.0)

20% (0.1; 0.3)

14 (8;20)

Transferred

7 (4;10)

0.7 (0.2;1.3)

2.4 (0.9; 4.0)

10% (0.0; 0.2)

8 (1;15)

Died

4 (2;6)

0.3 (−0.1;0.9)

1.9 (0.0;4.3)

5%(−0.0; 0.15)

4 (0;10)

  1. aResults are presented as median (inter-quartile range)