Table 2

Predictors of time to recovery among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Amhara regional state, 2016

Variables	Recovery		Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Variables	Event	Censored	Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	495	281	1	1
Female	555	358	0.91 (0.80 to 1.02)	0.81 (0.67 to 0.98)*
Age
<24 months	706	441	1	1
>24 months	344	198	1.17 (1.03 to 1.34)	0.91 (0.75 to 1.11)
Residence
Rural	507	301	1	1
Urban	338	170	0.64 (0.56 to 0.74)	1.23 (0.99 to 1.52)
Breast fed
No	217	136	1	1
Yes	833	503	1.2 (1.03 to 1.39)	0.85 (0.64 to 1.12)
Oedema
No	792	449	1	1
Yes	258	190	0.98 (0.93 to 1.23)	0.74 (0.59 to 0.93)*
Pneumonia
Absent	552	311	1	1
Present	244	193	0.73 (0.63 to 0.85)	0.66 (0.53 to 0.83)*
Anaemia
Not anaemic	489	272	1	1
Anaemic	307	232	0.77 (0.67 to 0.89)	0.73 (0.60 to 0.89)*
Tuberculosis
No	746	447	1	1
Yes	50	57	0.48 (0.36 to 0.64)	0.53 (0.36 to 0.77)*
HIV status
Negative	19	35	1	1
Positive	544	340	0.44 (0.27 to 0.67)	0.47 (0.28 to 0.79)*
Vitamin A
Not given	364	255	1	1
Given	476	210	2.43 (2.11 to 2.80)	1.43 (1.12 to 1.82)*

*P-value < 0.05