Table 3. Association between elevated CRP and illness symptoms in the past 4 weeks ^a.

	Children and Adolescents		Adults
	Moderate	Acute	Moderate	Acute
	CRP 1-10 mg/L RRR [95% CI]	CRP >10 mg/L RRR [95% CI]	CRP 3-10mg/L RRR [95% CI]	CRP >10 mg/L RRR [95% CI]
Any symptoms	1.09 [0.59,2.04]	0.82 [0.19, 3.64]	1.34 [1.18,1.53]	1.70 [1.31, 2.20]
Any infectious symptomsa	1.17 [0.61, 2.23]	0.96 [0.22, 4.26]	1.27 [1.08, 1.50]	1.87 [1.38, 2.54]
Fever/cough/sore throat	0.82 [0.38, 1.75]	1.08 [0.24, 4.75]	1.26 [1.05,1.52]	1.79 [1.27, 2.52]
Diarrhea	3.52 [1.01, 12.27]	---	1.63 [1.10, 2.43]	1.46 [0.63,3.34]
Any non-communicable symptomsb	---	---	1.61 [1.33, 1.96]	1.43 [0.98, 2.11]
Heart problem	---	---	1.67 [1.18,2.36]	1.02 [0.46,2.27]
Asthma	---	---	1.72 [0.99, 2.96]	3.95 [1.99,7.84]

^aRelative risk ratio represents the likelihood of moderately or acutely elevated CRP (compared to non-elevated) based on symptom experience, controlling for age strata and sex from individual multinomial logistic models for each symptom/symptom category. Estimates and standard errors are corrected for clustering by household. Significant results (p<0.05) are bolded.

^bIncludes fever/cough/sore throat, diarrhea and “other infectious disease” symptoms experienced in the 4 weeks prior to blood collection

^cIncludes heart problems and “other non-communicable disease” symptoms experienced in the 4 weeks prior to blood collection