Comorbidities and Factors Associated with Mortality among Children under Five Years Admitted with Severe Acute Malnutrition in the Nutritional Unit of Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Eastern Uganda
Table 2
Comorbidities associated with mortality among children below 5 years with severe acute malnutrition in JRRH.
Complication
Mortality
cRR (95% CI)
aRR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Dehydration
No
33 (17.62)
173 (82.38)
1.0
Yes
12 (9.38)
116 (90.63)
0.48 (0.24-0.96)
0.04
0.8 (0.31-2.20)
0.71
Pneumonia
No
29 (13.74)
182 (86.26)
1.0
—
—
Yes
20 (15.75)
105 (84.25)
1.17 (0.63-2.18)
0.61
—
—
Malaria
No
34 (13.55)
217 (84.45)
1.0
—
—
Yes
15 (17.24)
72 (82.76)
1.3 (0.68-2.68)
0.40
—
—
Acute diarrhea
No
44 (16.6)
221 (83.4)
1.0
Yes
5 (6.85)
68 (93.15)
0.4 (0.14-0.96)
0.04
0.2 (0.04-0.88)
0.03
Anemia
No
32 (11.55)
245 (88.45)
1.0
Yes
17 (27.87)
44 (72.13)
2.9 (1.5-5.8)
0.01
2.9 (1.23-6.62)
0.01
Bacteremia
No
36 (11.43)
279 (88.57)
1.0
Yes
13 (56.52)
10 (43.48)
10.1 (4.11-24.64)
0.01
10.0 (3.62-29.01)
0.01
HIV +
No
42 (13.21)
279 (86.79)
1.0
Yes
7 (35.0)
13 (65.0)
3.5 (1.33-9.37)
0.01
4.8 (1.42-16.30)
0.01
TB
No
42 (13.08)
279 (86.92)
1.0
Yes
7 (41.21)
10 (58.82)
4.6 (1.67-12.88)
0.01
4.3 (1.28-14.49)
0.02
Electrolyte imbalance
No
48 (14.81)
276 (85.19)
1.0
—
—
Yes
1 (7.14)
13 (92.86)
0.4 (0.56-3.45)
0.44
—
—
Shock
No
39 (11.96)
287 (88.04)
1.0
Yes
10 (83.33)
2 (16.67)
36.7 (7.77-174.15)
0.01
60.9 (9.05-410.28)
0.01
Hypothermia
No
46 (13.86)
286 (86.14)
1.0
Yes
3 (50.00)
3 (50.00)
6.2 (1.21-31.74)
0.03
0.9 (0.09-8.80)
0.94
Cardiac failure
No
49 (14.63)
286 (85.37)
—
—
—
Yes
0 (0.00)
3 (100.00)
—
—
—
cRR: crude relative risk; aRR: adjusted relative risk; CI: confidence interval; value is significant at 0.05.
