Table 3.

Multivariate analyses showing significant factors associated with the total malaria attributable fraction relative to the baseline haemoglobin in falciparum infected patients

Independent variable	Coefficient	95% CIs	P
Papuan ethnicity*	−6.41	−12.73 – –0.099	0.047
Day 0 haemoglobin†	−3.37	−4.95 – –1.79	0.000
Day 0 splenomegaly*	6.69	0.17 – 13.21	0.045
Illness duration§	0.71	0.073 – 1.34	0.030
Constant	49.53	29.02 – 70.04	0.000

No factors were identified in the vivax infected patients.

^* dichotomous variable (present yes / no).

^† Continuous variable measured in g/dL.

^§ measured in days.