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Table 1 Nutritional condition of children upon admission.

From: Epidemiological, clinical and biological features of malaria among children in Niamey, Niger

  

3–12

13–24

24–60

  

number n = 103

%

number n = 103

%

number n = 50

%

Dehydration

severe

8

(7.8)

3

(2.9)

0

(0.0)

 

mild

42

(40.8)

32

(31.1)

16

(32.0)

 

absence

46

(44.7)

60

(58.3)

32

(64.0)

 

ND

7

(6.8)

8

(7.8)

2

(4.0)

Clinical malnutritiona

severe

4

(3.9)

8

(7.8)

0

(0.0)

 

mild

29

(28.1)

27

(26.2)

9

(18.0)

 

absence

53

(51.5)

50

(48.5)

37

(74.0)

 

ND

17

(16.5)

18

(17.5)

4

(8.0)

Weight / age ratiob

severe

26

(25.2)

33

(32.0)

4

(8.0)

 

mild

30

(29.1)

32

(31.1)

6

(12.0)

 

absence

39

(37.9)

30

(29.1)

16

(32.0)

 

ND

8

(7.8)

8

(7.8)

24

(48.0)

  1. a: clinically assessed malnutrition
  2. b: malnutrition assessed through weight/age ratio
  3. ND: not done