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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to the type of malnutrition. N = 1350

From: Prevalence of malnutrition among HIV-infected children in Central and West-African HIV-care programmes supported by the Growing Up Programme in 2011: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Acute malnutrition*

Chronic malnutrition

Mixed malnutrition

Study population

 

(N = 123)

(N = 344)

(N = 100)

(N = 1350)

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age group in years

        

 [2–5]

10

8

59

17

13

13

161

12

 [5–10]

44

36

122

35

17

17

505

37

 [10–19]

69

56

163

47

70

70

684

51

Gender

        

 Female

45

37

155

45

33

33

665

49

 Male

78

63

189

55

67

67

685

51

Immunodeficiency for age

        

 No immunodeficient

70

57

195

57

45

45

802

59

 Moderate

13

11

46

13

14

14

196

15

 Severe

33

27

57

17

31

31

223

17

 Missing

7

6

46

13

10

10

129

10

WHO clinical stage

        

 I

50

41

139

40

43

43

673

50

 II

34

28

101

29

23

23

342

25

 III

16

13

73

21

24

24

212

16

 IV

17

14

24

7

8

8

90

7

 Missing

6

5

7

2

2

2

33

2

Nutritional support within 6 months prior to the study||

        

 None

69

56

148

43

51

51

704

52

 1 support

21

17

100

29

19

19

350

26

 2 supports

12

10

29

8

9

9

100

7

 3–4 supports

18

15

65

19

20

20

178

13

 Missing

3

2

2

1

1

1

18

1

Nutritional support during the study||

        

 None

77

63

161

47

54

54

747

55

 1 support

21

17

114

33

22

22

373

28

 2 supports

17

14

36

11

12

12

143

11

 3 supports

6

5

30

9

11

11

73

5

 Missing

2

2

3

1

1

1

14

1

Duration of ART

        

 <6 Months

11

9

30

9

12

12

94

7

 ≥6 Months

81

66

245

71

71

71

979

73

 No yet started

25

20

63

18

12

12

237

18

 Unknown

6

5

6

2

5

5

40

3

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis

        

 Yes

101

82

271

79

74

74

1040

77

 No

21

17

69

20

26

26

294

22

 Unknown

1

1

4

1

0

0

16

1

Orphan status

        

 Single (father deceased)

17

14

67

20

23

23

278

21

 Single (mother deceased)

21

17

62

18

19

19

213

16

 Double orphan

33

27

70

20

26

26

312

23

 No orphan

51

42

141

41

29

29

528

39

 Missing

1

1

4

1

3

3

19

1

Country

        

 Benin

5

4

17

5

3

3

48

4

 Burundi

34

28

104

30

30

30

456

34

 Cameroun

0

0

16

5

0

0

56

4

 Côte d’Ivoire

26

21

60

17

29

29

247

18

 Mali

24

20

47

14

19

19

173

13

 Chad

7

6

41

12

4

4

120

9

 Togo

27

22

59

17

15

15

250

19

  1. *acute malnutrition : Weight-for-Age Z-score (WHZ)/BMI-for-age Z-score (BAZ) < -2 SD and Height-for-Age Z-score (HAZ) ≥ -2 SD, chronic malnutrition: WHZ/BAZ ≥ -2 SD and HAZ < -2 SD, mixed malnutrition: WHZ/BAZ and HAZ < -2 SD
  2. Chi-square test, WHO 2006 guidelines, ||Number of different nutritional supports given (flour, powdered milk, solid or semi-solid foods, RUTF)