Table 2.

Comparing cerebral malaria and no malaria groups

Variable	Cerebral Malaria	No Malaria	Unadjusted	p-value
	n = 100	n = 120	p-value	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
	N (%)	N (%)	OR (95%CI)
Age (Months)
≤59†	81 (81)	76 (63.3)	0.004	0.004
>59	19 (19)	44 (36.7)	2.47 (1.27-4.88)	2.49 (1.30-4.75)¶
Use of mosquito net	54 (54)	63 (52.5)	0.825	0.968
Yes†	46 (46)	57 (47.5)	1.06 (0.62-1.81)	0.99 (0.57-1.71)‡
No
HIV status	9 (9)	3 (2.5)	0.035	0.037
Positive†	91 (91)	117 (97.5)	3.86 (0.99-14.91)	3.85 (0.98-15.07)‡
Negative
Caretaker's preferred first option H/U
Yes	25 (25)	93 (77.5)	<0.001	<0.001
No†	75 (75)	27 (22.5)	10.33 (4.96-21.52)	9.93 (4.77-20.68)‡
Number of children <5y/household	83 (83)	79 (84.9)	0.714
≤3	17 (17)	14 (15.1)	1.16 (0.53-2.51)
>3†

n = number of children, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, H/U = health facility, † reference group, ¶ adjusted for HIV, ‡adjusted for age, CM = cerebral malaria, NM = no malaria