Table 2.
Demographic and laboratory characters associated with anti-malarial prescription for febrile less than 5-year-old children at Omdurman Hospital, Sudan using univariate and multivariate analyses
| Variables | Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age | 1.02 | 1.01-1.02 | <0.001 | 0.98 | 0.95- 1.01 | 0.159 |
| Gender | 1.34 | 0.86-2.08 | 0.199 | 0.32 | 0.07- 1.48 | 0.144 |
| Cough | 0.26 | 0.16-0.43 | <0.001 | 0.59 | 0.11- 3.10 | 0.538 |
| Runny nose | 1.23 | 0.42-6.63 | 0.707 | 5.76 | 0.03- 1016 | 0.506 |
| Breathlessness | 0.22 | 0.10-0.46 | <0.001 | 0.96 | 0.09- 10.21 | 0.973 |
| Vomiting | 2.1 | 1.29-3.39 | 0.003 | 1.09 | 0.25- 4.82 | 0.905 |
| Diarrhoea | 0.81 | 0.41-1.64 | 0.573 | 1.43 | 0.19- 10.64 | 0.725 |
| Seizure | 1.98 | 1.15-3.42 | 0.014 | 5.53 | 0.89- 34.2 | 0.066 |
| Lethargy | 1.46 | 0.90-2.35 | 0.122 | 0.66 | 0.03- 16.99 | 0.801 |
| Temperature | 1.00 | 0.88-1.13 | 0.998 | 1.14 | 0.61- 2.11 | 0.691 |
| Leucocytes | 1.00 | 1.01-1.05 | 0.036 | 1.00 | 0.99- 1.00 | 0.991 |
| Chest X-ray | 0.93 | 0.70-1.25 | 0.645 | 0.93 | 0.24- 3.61 | 0.911 |
| Positive malaria | 6.33 | 3.7-10.8 | <0.001 | 22.34 | 12.3- 40.5 | <0.001 |
| Haemoglobin | 0.94 | 0.85-1.04 | 0.235 | 0.82 | 0.63-1.06 | 0.136 |