Table 4.
Distribution of the major phenotypes of severe malaria stratified according to age, gender and study site
| Parameters | N | SMA | p-value | CM | p-value | RD | p-value | UM | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age category | |||||||||
| <60 | 103 | 28 (27.7) | 0.046 | 7 (6.8) | 0.910 | 17 (16.5) | 0.048 | 63 (61.2) | 0.007 |
| 60–119 | 80 | 11 (13.8) | 4 (5.0) | 4 (5.0) | 66 (82.5) | ||||
| 120+ | 59 | 9 (15.3) | 3 (5.1) | 6 (10.2) | 42 (70.7) | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| F | 118 | 21 (18.1) | 0.639 | 5 (4.3) | 0.314 | 15 (12.9) | 0.454 | 86 (72.9) | 0.459 |
| M | 124 | 25 (20.3) | 9 (7.3) | 12 (9.8) | 85 (68.6) | ||||
| Study sites | |||||||||
| Bamenda | 46 | 10 (21.7) | 0.223 | 1 (2.2) | 0.003 | 7 (15.2) | 0.914 | 33 (71.7) | 0.178 |
| Limbe | 86 | 12 (14.0) | 1 (1.2) | 9 (10.5) | 68 (79.1) | ||||
| Yaounde | 62 | 11 (17.7) | 7 (11.3) | 6 (9.7) | 39 (62.9) | ||||
| Ngaoundere | 29 | 6 (20.7) | 1 (3.5) | 3 (10.3) | 20 (69.0) | ||||
| Maroua | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 4 (21.1) | 2 (10.5) | 11 (57.9) | ||||
SMA severe malaria anaemia, CM cerebral malaria, RD respiratory distress, UM uncomplicated malaria