Skip to main content
. 2011 Jan 14;11:5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-5

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