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. 2013 Jun 15;12:205. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-205

Table 1.

Socio-demographic, epidemiological characteristics and malaria parasitaemia among study children and episode of haemoglobinuria

 
Haemoglobinuria
  Positive n (%) Negative n (%) All n (%) OR (IC95%) p
Age distribution
 
 
 
 
NS
- ≤ 5 ans
8(18.6)
20(23.3)
28(21.7)
1
 
- > 5 ans
35(81.4)
66(76.7)
101(78.3)
1.33 (0.53–3.32)
 
Sex. n
 
 
 
 
NS
- Male
21(48.8)
40(46.7)
61(47.3)
1.10 (0.53–2.28)
 
- Female
22(51.2)
46(53.5)
68(52.7)
1
 
G6PD Status (UI/L)
 
 
 
 
0.017
 Normal
35(81.4)
52(60.5)
87(67.4)
2.86 (1.86–6.91)
 
 Deficiency
8(18.6)
34(39.5)
42(32.6)
1
 
LDH (UI/L)
 
 
 
 
NS
 < 200
20(46.5)
40(46.5)
60(46.5)
1.29 (0.57–2.91)
 
 200 à 400
14(32.6)
36(41.9)
50(38.8)
1
 
 > 400
9(20.9)
10(11.6)
19(14.7)
2.31 (0.78–6.89)
 
Blood group
 
 
 
 
NS
 A
7(16.3)
23(26.8)
30(23.3)
0.57 (0.22–1.52)
 
 AB
3(7.0)
6(7.0)
9(7.0)
0.94 (0.14–4.87)
 
 B
8(18.6)
10(11.6)
18(14.0)
1.50 (0.53–4.29)
 
 O
25(58.1)
47(54.6)
72(55.7)
1
 
Season
 
 
 
 
< 0.001
 Rainy
38(88.4)
51(59.3)
89(69.0)
5.22 (1.87–14.56)
 
 Dry
5(11.6)
35(40.7)
40(31.0)
1
 
Plasmodium
 
 
 
 
NS
 Falciparum
37(86.0)
73(84.9)
110(85.3)
1.10 (0.39–3.12)
 
 Falciparum and malariae
6(14.0)
13(15.1)
19(14.7)
1
 
Parasitaemia (parasites/microliter)
 
 
 
 
0.005
 Low
32(78.0)
43(51.8)
76(61.3)
3.31 (1.41–7.78)
 
 High 9(22.0) 40(48.2) 48(38.7) 1