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Risk of severe malaria by intensity of First Response pLDH band
| Infecting organism | No. of severe malaria patients (%) by pLDH band intensity |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4+ | 1+–3+ | |||
| P. knowlesi | 17 (71) | 17 (25) | 7.29 (2.33–24.01) | 0.0001 |
| P. falciparum | 8 (27) | 5 (6.7) | 5.16 (1.31–22.85) | 0.005 |
| P. vivax | 4 (20) | 2 (13) | 1.75 (0.21–21.81) | 0.549 |
