Risk factors for post-discharge all cause mortality among cases.

1number of children included in Univariate model; 2Hazard Ratio; 3Confidence Interval; 4number of children included in the multivariable Cox Proportional Hazards model was 272. All variables with a univariate HR p-value ≤0.1 and important confounders (age, sex, residency, HIV) were included in the multivariable model. Other factors not presented in the table that were included in the model were history of a previous transfusion, Hb at admission; 5age was entered as a continuous variable in the model; 6not applicable; 7weight-for-height; 8height-for-age