Time to recovery and determinants of severe acute malnutrition among 6–59 months children treated at outpatient therapeutic programme in North Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a prospective follow up study

Table 1 Sample size determination using logrank test by medcalc©version 18.11.3

Variables		Cured	Censored	% of outcome	AHR	Log rank	p-value	Total event needed
Distance of HI from residence	< 2 h	196	46	72.9	1.48	19.3	< 0.001	258
Distance of HI from residence	> 2 h	55	31	65.5	1	19.3	< 0.001	258
Storage of drinking water	Bucket	193	35	84.6	1.51	21.8	0.008	101
Storage of drinking water	Pot	62	42	59.6	1	21.8	0.008	101
Sex of the child	Male	124	34	78.4	1.30	12.6	0.043	25
Sex of the child	Female	13	43	23.2	1	12.6	0.043	25
Age of the child on OTP	< 18 months	176	39	81.8	1.20	18.3	0.259	72
Age of the child on OTP	> 18 months	79	81	49.5	1	18.3	0.259	72
Wt/Ht at admission	< 60%	37	171	17.8	1	27.1	0.001	24
Wt/Ht at admission	60%	218	60	78.4	1.87	27.1	0.001	24
Way food preparing for < 5 children	Separately for them	178	28	86.4	1.24	5.9	0.117	95
Way food preparing for < 5 children	Together with adult	77	49	61.1	1	5.9	0.117	95

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