Table 3. Clinical presentations of severe malaria among patients admitted in three hospitals in Western Kenya from August 2015 to October 2016.
| Clinical | Variable | Hospital name | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| category | Marani | Mukumu | Kombewa | ||
| (n = 578) | (n = 254) | (n = 412) | |||
| Age group | <5 | 169 (29.2%) | 44 (17.3%) | 259 (62.8%) | |
| 5–14 | 206 (35.6%) | 79 (31.1%) | 65 (15.8%) | ||
| ≥15 | 203 (35.1%) | 131 (51.5%) | 88 (21.4%) | <0.001 | |
| Sex | Female | 304 (52.6%) | 130 (51.2%) | 215 (52.2%) | |
| Male | 274 (47.4%) | 124 (48.8%) | 197 (47.8) | >0.05 | |
| Treatment before | Yes | 254 (43.9%) | 74 (29.1%) | 23 (5.6%) | <0.001 |
| admission | |||||
| Comorbidity | Yes | 53 (9.2%) | 09 (3.6%) | 46 (11.2%) | <0.05 |
| Admission | Mean | 2.1 ± 2.25 | 2.7 ± 1.36 | 4.59 ± 1.90 | <0.001 |
| length (days) | |||||
| Clinical | Hyperpyrexia | 127 (21.9%) | 120 (47.2%) | 118 (28.6%) | <0.001 |
| features | Respiratory | ||||
| Distress | 26 (4.5%) | 41 (16.1%) | 26 (6.3%) | <0.001 | |
| Hypoglycaemia | 1 (0.1%) | 2 (0.78%) | 2 (0.49%) | * | |
| Severe anaemia | 18 (3.1%) | 9 (3.5%) | 58 (14.3%) | <0.001 | |
| Signs of shock | 30 (5.2%) | 27 (10.6%) | 60 (14.1) | <0.001 | |
| Coma | 2 (0.3%) | 5 (1.9%) | 4 (0.9%) | * | |
| Prostration | 226 (39.1%) | 140 (55.1%) | 249 (60.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Convulsions | 52 (8.9%) | 9 (3.5%) | 89 (21.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Persistent | |||||
| Vomiting | 100 (17.3%) | 65 (25.6%) | 251 (60.7%) | <0.001 | |
| Jaundice | 13 (2.2%) | 6 (2.3%) | 3 (0.7%) | >0.05 | |
| Hyperparastemia | 234 (40.4%) | 101 (39.8%) | 127 (30.8%) | <0.05 |
*Not compared because of small number of observations