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. 2014 Aug 28;211(4):623–634. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu487

Table 3.

Univariable and Multivariable Analyses of the Risk Factors for Death Among 215 449 Patients

Variable Univariable Analysis
Multivariable Analysis
Crude OR (95% CI) P Value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P Value PAF, % (95% CI)
Platelet count, Hb levela
 ≥50 000 platelets/μL
  ≥5 g/dL Reference Reference
  <5 g/dL 3.92 (3.43–4.49) <.001 5.21 (4.53–5.98) <.001 7.26 (6.17–8.33)
 <50 000 platelets/μL
  ≥5 g/dL 3.07 (2.73–3.45) <.001 4.65 (4.10–5.28) <.001 9.71 (8.43–10.97)
  <5 g/dL 11.28 (9.49–13.42) <.001 16.44 (13.70–19.74) <.001 5.24 (4.42–6.04)
Infecting Plasmodium species
 None (negative test results) Reference Reference
P. falciparum 0.61 (.54–0.69) <.001 0.43 (.38–.49) <.001 <0
P. vivax 0.38 (.31–.46) <.001 0.32 (.26–.39) <.001 <0
P. malariae 0.56 (.32–.96) .036 0.50 (.29–.87) .014 <0
 >1 (mixed infection) 0.49 (.38–.63) <.001 0.36 (.28–.47) <.001 <0
Age, y
 ≥15 Reference Reference
 <1 1.37 (1.22–1.53) <.001 1.47 (1.30–1.65) <.001 4.24 (2.78–5.67)
 1 to <5 0.60 (.53–.67) <.001 0.72 (.64–.82) <.001 <0
 5 to <15 0.56 (.48–.65) <.001 0.65 (.56–.76) <.001 <0
Sex
 Female Reference Reference
 Male 1.58 (1.46–1.71) <.001 1.63 (1.51–1.77) <.001 21.56 (18.10–24.87)
Ethnicity
 Non-Papuan Reference Reference
 Highland Papuan 0.61 (.56–.67) <.001 0.60 (.54–.66) <.001 <0
 Lowland Papuan 0.93 (.83–1.05) .267 0.96 (.85–1.09) .540 <0
Yearb
 2004 Reference Reference
 2005 0.98 (.80–1.20) .867 1.11 (.91–1.36) .316
 2006 1.41 (1.16–1.71) .001 1.55 (1.27–1.89) <.001
 2007 1.57 (1.29–1.90) <.001 1.55 (1.28–1.89) <.001
 2008 1.84 (1.52–2.22) <.001 1.82 (1.50–2.21) <.001
 2009 0.92 (.75–1.12) .401 1.04 (.85–1.27) .687
 2010 0.76 (.62–0.93) .009 0.87 (.71–1.07) .201
 2011 0.93 (.76–1.14) .497 1.07 (.87–1.31) .513
 2012 0.87 (.71–1.06) .158 1.03 (.85–1.26) .748
Malaria presentations in the past 2 mo, no.
 0 Reference Reference
 ≥1 0.63 (.55–.72) <.001 0.80 (.69–.91) .001 <0

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Hb, hemoglobin; OR, odds ratio; PAF, population attributable fraction.

a

Severe thrombocytopenia was defined as a platelet count of <50 000 platelets/μL, and anemia was defined as a hemoglobin (Hb) level of <5 g/dL.

b

Included in the model for calculation of overall PAFs, but PAFs are not presented.