Table 2.

Percent prevalence of anaemia in different age groups and sexes (Comparison between cases with malaria infections and malaria/Helminth co infections in all age and sex groups) Alaba Kulito Health Center, SNNPR, South Ethiopia, Nov-Dec, 2007

Age	% Co-infected cases who were anaemic(n/N)	%Malaria infection*cases Who were anaemic (n/N)	Adjusted** Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value	Over all Adjusted***Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value
< 5	72 (18/25)	31 (13/42)	5.74(1.93-17.08) 10.5(1),0.001	2.58(1.7-3.92) 20.3(1), p < 0.001
5-14	39 (23/59)	30 (9/30)	1.49(0.58-3.82) 0.7(1),0.416
≥ 15	36.2(59/163)	15.8(22/139)	3.02(1.73-5.26) 15.8(1), p < 0.001
Sex
F	35.7 (46/129)	30.2 (29/96)	1.28(0.73-2.25) 0.7(1),0.392	2.58(1.7-3.92) 20.3(1), p < 0.001
M	45.8 (54/118)	13 (15/115)	5.62(2.93-10.8) 29.8(1), p < 0.001

* Malaria infection without concurrent intestinal helminth infection mih = multiple (two or more) intestinal helminth infection

** The age-specific ratios within the cases were adjusted for sex or age

*** Within each cases the over all Odds were adjusted for both age and sex. For the combined data the odds were adjusted for cases, age and sex