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Table 1 Socio-demographic, medical, nutrition and household characteristics of participating children

From: Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in Ethiopia

Characteristics

Post-SAM cases (n = 93)

Community controls (n = 95)

p value

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Female

39 (41.9)

 

41 (43.2)

 

0.865

 Age (months)

 

15 (6; 48)

 

14 (7; 48)

0.309

Medical history

 Ever immunised

77 (82.8)

 

80 (84.2)

 

0.794

 Presence of BCG scar

54 (58.1)

 

65 (68.4)

 

0.326

 Recent vitamin A supplementation

86 (92.5)

 

87 (91.6)

 

0.821

 Recent deworming

52 (55.9)

 

44 (46.3)

 

0.188

 Utilises insecticide treated bed net

47 (50.5)

 

53 (55.8)

 

0.767

Nutrition status

 Mid upper arm circumference (mm)

 

122 (118; 131)

 

135 (130; 143)

< 0.001

 Weight-for-age Z-scorea

 

− 2.8 (− 3.6; − 2.2)

 

− 1.1 (− 1.8; − 0.5)

< 0.001

 Height-for-age Z-scorea

 

− 3.6 (− 4.6; − 2.6)

 

− 1.4 (− 2.4; -0.7)

< 0.001

 Weight-for-height Z-scorea

 

− 1.0 (− 1.9; − 0.4)

 

− 0.5 (− 1.1; 0.2)

< 0.001

 % severe stuntinga

60 (65.2)

 

17 (18.1)

 

< 0.001

Caregivers information

 Both parents alive

79 (85.9)

 

92 (96.8)

 

0.004

 Mother as principal caregiver

89 (95.7)

 

93 (97.9)

 

0.442

 Caregiver ever attended school

17 (18.3)

 

22 (23.2)

 

0.410

 Principal caregiver age (years)

 

26 (13; 60)

 

25 (18; 55)

0.034

 Caregiver MUAC (mm)

 

222 (182; 297)

 

229 (122; 267)

 

 Infant and child feeding indexb

    

0.074

 Lowest category

2 (2.1)

 

4 (4.2)

  

 Middle category

42 (45.2)

 

28 (29.5)

  

 Highest category

49 (52.7)

 

63 (66.3)

  

Household characteristics

 Male headed household

88 (95.6)

 

92 (96.8)

 

0.668

 Household head attended school

30 (32.3)

 

34 (36.2)

 

0.573

 Household size

 

6 (2–22)

 

5 (2–12)

0.081

 Number children below 5 years

 

2 (1–2)

 

1 (1–2)

0.020

 Food secure

50 (56.2)

 

77 (82.8)

 

0.001

 WASH practices category

    

0.789

 Good WASH indexc

55 (59.1)

 

58 (61.0)

  

 Poor WASH index

38 (40.9)

 

37 (39.0)

  

Wealth quartiles distributiond

n = 88

 

n = 89

 

0.806

 First

25 (28.4)

 

21 (23.6)

  

 Second

23 (26.1)

 

27 (30.3)

  

 Third

19 (21.6)

 

22 (24.7)

  

 Fourth

21 (23.9)

 

19 (21.3)

  
  1. SAM severe acute malnutrition, MUAC mid upper arm circumference, IQR interquartile range, WASH water, sanitation and hygiene
  2. aUsing 2006 world Health organisation multicentre child growth references
  3. bBased on 24 h recall of breastfeeding, dietary diversity and meal frequency
  4. cSummarised as recommended by WHO and UNICEF methodology [62]
  5. dGenerated using principal component analysis as described in [61]
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