Table 2.

Factors associated with severe malaria after multiple regression analysis

Factor	OR	CI	P value
Log (duration of illness prior to getting antimalarial treatment in hours)	2.23	1.07–4.65	0.03
Log (duration of illness prior to presentation at the hospital in days)	0.51	0.09–2.7	0.43
Lack of use of insecticide sprays	10.93	1.13–105.64	0.03
Lack of use of bed nets	2.27	0.95–5.36	0.06
Lack of use of mosquito coils	20.63	1.50–283.3	0.02
Log (parasite density/ul of blood)	2.0	1.04–3.87	0.03