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