Table 3.

Multilinear regression model showing some host and parasite factors associated with anaemia

Variable	β value	P value	Correlation
			Partial
Age	−0.037	0.430	−0.039
Sex	0.037	0.434	0.039
Temperature	−0.078	0.118	−0.078
WBC	−0.186	0.0001c	−0.192c
Parasitaemia density	−0.153	0.002b	−0.155b
Gametocytaemia	−0.082	0.083	−0.086
Length of fever (days)	−0.162	0.001c	−0.164c
R square	0.128
Adjusted R square	0.113

^b Significant at P < 0.01 level, ^c significant at P < 0.001 level.