Table 4b. Children without malaria: Odds of death at each level of haemoglobin (Hb) in those who received transfusion versus no transfusion.

Hb level g/dl	N	Died	Not transfusion	Deaths non- transfused	Case fatality	Transfused	Deaths transfused	Case fatality	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
<3	266	20	54	4	7.4%	212	16	7.55%	1.02 (0.33 - 3.19)	0.972
3-3.9	323	23	64	5	7.8%	259	18	6.95%	0.88 (0.31 - 2.47)	0.81
4-4.9	436	40	214	15	7.0%	222	25	11.26%	1.68 (0.86 - 3.29)	0.127
5-5.9	586	61	483	34	7.0%	103	27	26.21%	4.69 (2.68 - 8.22)	<0.001
6-6.9	1013	121	931	85	9.1%	82	36	43.90%	7.79 (4.77 - 12.71)	<0.001
7-7.9	1884	180	1,815	142	7.8%	69	38	55.07%	14.44 (8.72 - 23.91)	<0.001
8-8.9	3154	209	3,090	173	5.6%	64	36	56.25%	21.68 (12.93 - 36.36)	<0.001
9-9.9	4316	192	4,267	169	3.96%	49	23	46.94%	21.45 (11.99 - 38.38)	<0.001
10-10.9	4115	142	4,074	129	3.2%	41	13	31.71%	14.20 (7.19 - 28.05)	<0.001
>=11	4171	193	4,128	174	4.2%	43	19	44.19%	17.99 (9.67 - 33.47)	<0.001
Total	20264	1181	19120	930	4.9%	1144	251	21.9%

Diagnoses for those with Hb 8.0g and above (tables 3a and b) who were transfused:

Congenital abnormality (5); cerebral palsy (3); gastroenteritis (18); hepatitis (3), HIV (22); hypersplenism (1); Lower respiratory tract infection (18); malaria (45); malignancies (15); malnutrition (56); poisoning (5); renal failure (7); sickle cell disease (14); sepsis (23); snake bite (1); surgical (7); trauma (5) and unknown (6).