. 2016 Oct 7;6(3):e41–e48. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw060

Table 2.

Incidence of Hospitalizations and Outpatient Clinic Visits for Children With Cerebral Malaria or Severe Malarial Anemia and Community Children

Clinical Outcome	CM (n = 162)	SMA (n = 138)	CC (n = 133)	CM vs CC (P)	SMA vs CC (P)
Children hospitalized (n [%])	5 (3.1)	13 (9.4)	0 (0)	.07^a	<.001^a
Hospitalizations per 100 person-years	6.0	24.4	0	.049	<.001
Children hospitalized for malaria (n [%])	5 (3.1)	11 (8.0)	0 (0)	.07^a	.001^a
Hospitalizations for malaria per 100 person-years	6.3	20.1	0	.049	.001
Children seen in clinic for any illness (n [%])	35 (21.6)	33 (23.9)	12 (9.0)	.003^b	.001^b
Clinic visits per 100 person-years	52.9	56.1	21.7	.002	.001
Children seen in clinic for malaria (n [%])	18 (11.1)	21 (15.2)	8 (6.0)	.12^b	.01^b
Clinic visits for malaria per 100 person-years	26.5	31.6	14.5	.11	.04

Abbreviations: CC, healthy children recruited from the community; CM, cerebral malaria; SMA, severe malarial anemia.

^aAnalyzed using the Fisher exact test.

^bAnalyzed using the Pearson χ² test.