A mixed methods feasibility study of the Kusamala Program at a nutritional rehabilitation unit in Malawi

Table 2 Baseline anthropometric indices of children admitted for inpatient treatment of SAM

Variables	All (n = 29)	Intervention (n = 15)	Comparison (n = 14)
Edema (%)
Enrollment	7/29 (24.1)	3/15 (20.0)	4/14 (28.6)
Discharge	1/27 (3.7)	0/15 (0)	1/12 (8.3)
MUAC (cm)^a
Enrollment	11.3 ± 1.0	11.2 ± 1.2	11.4 ± 0.7
Discharge	11.5 ± 0.9	11.4 ± 1.0	11.6 ± 0.9
WLZ or WHZ^a
Enrollment	− 3.5 ± 0.7	− 3.5 ± 0.7	− 3.6 ± 0.7
Discharge	− 2.9 ± 1.2	− 3.0 ± 0.7	− 2.9 ± 1.7
LAZ or HAZ
Enrollment	− 3.1 ± 1.5	− 3.2 ± 1.0	− 3.0 ± 1.8
Discharge	− 3.2 ± 1.4	− 3.4 ± 1.0	− 3.0 ± 1.8
WAZ^a
Enrollment	− 4.2 ± 0.6	− 4.2 ± 0.7	− 4.2 ± 0.6
Discharge	− 3.8 ± 1.1	− 4.1 ± 0.7	− 3.6 ± 1.5

Values are presented as proportions (%) for categorical data or means ± SDs for continuous data
HAZ height-for-age z-score, LAZ length-for-age z-score, MUAC mid-upper arm circumference, SAM severe acute malnutrition, SD standard deviation, WAZ weight-for-age z-score, WHZ weight-for-height z-score, WLZ weight-for-length z-score
^aExcluding children with edema

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