Table 5. Study subjects and characteristics during first attendance with malaria, LRTI or diarrhoeal disease.
| Variable | Number of children with available data | Number of all children included (%) | Number of all children with a delayed presentation (%) | Number of all children with a severe illness presentation (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 571 | 305 (53.4) | 137 (53.3) | 41 (54.0) |
| Severe illness (severity score 2+)- all first attendances | 571 | 76 (13.3) | 26 (5.9) | 8 (44.4) |
| Severe illness (severity score 2+)- malaria | 48 | 16 (33.3) | 33 (12.8) | N/A |
| Severe illness (severity score 2+)- LRTI | 208 | 63 (30.3) | 28 (29.8) | N/A |
| Severe illness (severity score 2+)- diarrhoea | 442 | 26 (5.9) | 6 (3.1) | N/A |
| Delayed presentation (symptoms 3 days+)- all first attendances | 571 | 257 (45.0) | N/A | 33 (43.4) |
| Delayed presentation (symptoms 3 days+)- malaria | 48 | 18 (37.5) | N/A | 8 (50.0) |
| Delayed presentation (symptoms 3 days+)- LRTI | 208 | 94 (45.2) | N/A | 28 (44.4) |
| Delayed presentation (symptoms 3 days+)- diarrhoea | 442 | 192 (43.4) | N/A | 6 (23.1) |
| Inhabitant of a ‘core village’ | 571 | 261 (45.7) | 85 (33.1) | 26 (34.2) |
| Only maternal child | 561 | 63 (11.2) | 30 (12.0) | 3 (4.2) |
| Parents are monogamous | 277 | 24 (8.7) | 10 (7.8) | 4 (9.5) |
| Parents not currently married | 571 | 173 (30.3) | 79 (30.7) | 25 (32.9) |
| Child not living with mother | 571 | 57 (10.0) | 29 (11.3) | 10 (13.2) |
| Death of mother | 571 | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Death of maternal sibling | 571 | 34 (6.0) | 12 (4.7) | 9 (11.8) |
| Mother ever attended English school | 570 | 99 (17.4) | 46 (18.0) | 14 (18.4) |
| Median (IQR) | ||||
| Distance to clinic (km) | 571 | 7.5 (11.6) | 10.5 (11.8) | 10.5 (10.2) |
| Current age of mother (years) | 561 | 32 (10) | 32 (11) | 34 (10.5) |
| Current age of father (years) | 457 | 49 (18) | 49 (17) | 50.5 (16) |
| Number of maternal siblings | 561 | 4 (3) | 4 (4) | 4 (5) |
| Number of paternal siblings | 460 | 7 (8.5) | 8 (7) | 7.5 (9) |
| Age at first presentation (months)- all first attendances | 571 | 18 (20) | 16 (18) | 21.5 (31) |
| Age at first presentation (months)- malaria | 48 | 40 (23.5) | 45 (18) | 37.5 (20.5) |
| Age at first presentation (months)- LRTI | 208 | 20.5 (23) | 18.5 (22) | 20 (25) |
| Age at first presentation (months)- diarrhoea | 442 | 15 (15) | 14.5 (14) | 12 (20) |
| Number of wives of the child’s father | 277 | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) |
| Birth order | 561 | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (5) |
If a child presented more than once with different diseases only the first attendance is included, however the same child can appear in more than one individual disease dataset (shown in italics).