Table 4. Clinical signs and symptoms and treatment outcomes in malaria co-infected patients from Tanzania.

	Total (n = 69)		Malaria negative (n = 14)		Malaria positive (n = 55)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Clinical signs & symptoms
Lymphadenopathy	7	10.1	2	14.3	5	9.1	0.569
General Body Pain	69	100.0	14	100.0	55	100.0	N.A.
Headache	65	94.2	14	100.0	51	92.7	N.A.
Fever (≥37.5°C)	20	29.0	3	21.4	17	30.9	0.488
Joint pains	67	97.1	14	100.0	53	96.4	N.A.
Diarrhea	1	1.5	0	0.0	1	1.8	N.A.
Pruritus	4	5.8	3	21.4	1	1.8	0.025
Oedema	26	37.7	7	50.0	19	34.6	0.291
Dyspnoe	1	1.5	0	0.0	1	1.8	N.A.
Cough	8	11.6	2	14.3	6	10.91	0.725
Tremor	43	62.3	12	85.7	31	56.4	0.058
Hepatomegaly	4	5.8	0	0.0	4	7.3	N.A.
Splenomegaly	11	15.9	3	21.4	8	14.6	0.533
Walking difficulties	35	50.7	8	57.1	27	49.1	0.591
Abnormal movements	31	44.9	6	42.9	25	45.5	0.862
Sleeping disorder daytime	66	95.7	11	78.6	55	100.0	0.046
Sleeping disorder night time	64	94.1	11	78.6	53	96.7	0.026
Strange behaviour	15	21.7	0	0.0	15	27.3	0.001
Disturbed appetite	60	87.0	9	64.3	51	92.7	0.010
Inactivity	57	82.6	12	85.7	45	81.8	0.732
Speech impairment	6	8.7	1	7.1	5	9.1	0.818
Aggressiveness	43	62.3	7	50.0	36	65.5	0.291
Treatment outcomes
Death	7	10.1	2	14.3	5	9.1	0.569
Cure (parasitological & clinical)	62	90.0	12	85.7	50	90.9	0.569

N.A: Malaria predicts presence/absence of sign and symptom perfectly.