Baseline characteristics of children with severe pneumonia admitted to the Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Asella, Ethiopia (n=401)
| Variable | Category | Recovered n (%) | Censored n (%) |
| Age | 2–11 months | 194 (91.1) | 19 (8.9) |
| 12–35 months | 124 (89.9) | 14 (10.1) | |
| 36–59 months | 42 (84.0) | 8 (16.0) | |
| Sex | Male | 213 (91.4) | 20 (8.6) |
| Female | 147 (87.5) | 21 (12.5) | |
| Residence | Urban | 106 (90.6) | 11 (9.4) |
| Rural | 254 (89.4) | 30 (10.6) | |
| Weight for age | Normal | 276 (91.7) | 25 (8.3) |
| Underweight | 84 (84.0) | 16 (16.0) | |
| Height for age | Normal | 254 (90.7) | 26 (9.3) |
| Stunted | 106 (87.6) | 15 (12.4) | |
| Weight for height | Normal | 280 (89.5) | 33 (10.5) |
| Wasted | 80 (90.9) | 8 (9.1) | |
| Exclusively breastfed | Yes | 265 (89.8) | 30 (10.2) |
| No | 95 (89.6) | 11 (10.4) | |
| Sunlight exposure | Yes | 327 (90.1) | 36 (9.9) |
| No | 33 (86.8) | 5 (13.2) | |
| Vaccination status | Fully vaccinated | 129 (89.0) | 16 (11.0) |
| Partially vaccinated | 27 (81.8) | 6 (18.2) | |
| Up to date | 182 (91.5) | 17 (8.5) | |
| None vaccinated | 22 (91.7) | 2 (8.3) | |
| Oxygen saturation | ≥90 | 125 (87.4) | 18 (12.6) |
| <90 | 235 (91.1) | 23 (8.9) | |
| Oxygen support | Yes | 304 (90.2) | 33 (9.8) |
| No | 56 (87.5) | 8 (12.5) | |
| Respiratory rate | Normal | 29 (96.7) | 1 (3.3) |
| Fast breathing | 331 (89.2) | 40 (10.8) | |
| Body temperature | Normal | 97 (90.7) | 10 (9.3) |
| Low-grade fever | 136 (88.3) | 18 (11.7) | |
| High-grade fever | 127 (90.7) | 13 (9.3) | |
| History of acute respiratory tract infection | Yes | 84 (88.4) | 11 (11.6) |
| No | 276 (90.2) | 30 (9.8) | |
| History of asthma | Yes | 16 (88.9) | 2 (11.1) |
| No | 344 (89.8) | 39 (10.2) | |
| Danger sign | Yes | 220 (88.4) | 29 (11.6) |
| No | 140 (92.1) | 12 (7.9) | |
| Duration prior to seeking care | 1–3 days | 176 (90.7) | 18 (9.3) |
| 4–7 days | 162 (90) | 18 (10.0) | |
| >7 days | 22 (81.5) | 5 (18.5) | |
| Presence of comorbidities | Yes | 141 (86.0) | 23 (14.0) |
| No | 219 (92.4) | 18 (7.6) |