Characteristics of study participants
| Population characteristics | |
| Age (months), median (IQR) | 14 (7–26) |
| Sex, male (%) | 1067/2001 (53.3%) |
| Weight (kg), mean±SD | 9.0±3.7 |
| MUAC (cm), median (IQR) | 13.7 (12.5–15.0) |
| Clinical characteristics | n/N* (%) |
| Capillary refill>2 s | 128/1287 (10.0) |
| Sunken eyes | 546/1464 (37.3) |
| Delayed skin pinch | 627/1489 (42.1) |
| Weak pulse | 193/1471 (13.1) |
| History of ever | 1239/1614 (76.7) |
| Temperature≥39°C | 240/1439 (16.7) |
| Temperature gradient | 132/1257 (10.5) |
| Impaired consciousness | 193/1594 (12.1) |
| Cannot drink/breast feed | 431/1514 (28.5) |
| History of vomiting | 1058/1599 (66.2) |
| Impaired perfusion | 329/1578 (20.9) |
| Vomits everything | 661/1002 (66.0) |
| Age <1 year | 819/2019 (40.6) |
| Non-diarrhoeal dehydration/total dehydration | 2019/12 702 (15.9) |
| Clinical diagnosis | n=2019, n (%) |
| Pneumonia | 1021 (50.6) |
| Malaria | 715 (35.4) |
| Anaemia | 271 (13.4) |
| Meningitis | 241 (11.9) |
| Malnutrition | 212 (10.5) |
| Case fatality | n/N (%) |
| Shock | 71/142 (50.0) |
| Severe dehydration | 102/491 (20.8) |
| Some dehydration | 67/1227 (5.5) |
| Unclassified dehydration | 20/159 (12.6) |
*Denotes the study population was 2019; however, the denominator for the patients’ characteristics varied based on documentation.
MUAC, mid-upper arm circumference.