TABLE 3.
Risk factors for in-hospital death among children admitted with fever from March 2017 to July 2018 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
| Demographic/clinical characteristics | Death | Multivariable analysis |
| n = 1,988 | ||
| n (%) | P-value; OR (95% CI) | |
| Age of the child in months | ||
| 0–3 (n = 1185) | 43 (3.6) | 0.13; 1.98 (0.82–4.80) |
| 4–6 (n = 113) | 6 (5.3) | 0.16; 2.40 (0.70–8.22) |
| 7–11 (n = 212) | 13 (6.1) | 0.29; 1.69 (0.63–4.56) |
| 12–24 (n = 284) | 15 (5.3) | 0.21; 1.83 (0.71–4.70) |
| ≥25 (n = 352) | 12 (3.4) | 1 |
| Sex | ||
| Female (n = 898) | 40 (4.5) | 0.59; 1.15 (0.69–1.89) |
| Male (n = 1,248) | 49 (3.9) | 1 |
| Study site | ||
| Mwananyamala (n = 236) | 1 (0.4) | 1 |
| MNH (n = 220) | 25 (11.4) | 0.003; 20.99 (2.72–161.85) |
| Amana (n = 751) | 21 (2.8) | 0.28; 3.19 (0.39–26.22) |
| Temeke (n = 939) | 42 (4.5) | 0.09; 5.97 (0.78–46.02) |
| Malaria | ||
| Positive (n = 194) | 4 (2.1) | 0.02; 0.25 (0.08–0.79) |
| Negative (n = 1,794) | 74 (4.1) | 1 |
| Bacteraemia/fungaemia | ||
| Positive (n = 227) | 18 (7.9) | 0.03; 2.04 (1.09–3.83) |
| Negative (n = 1,919) | 71 (3.7) | 1 |
| Convulsions | ||
| Yes (n = 315) | 33 (10.5) | 0.74; 0.89 (0.44–1.79) |
| No (n = 1,831) | 56 (3.1) | 1 |
| Consciousness | ||
| Unconscious (n = 122) | 39 (32.0) | <0.001; 25.54 (12.07–54.01) |
| Awake (n = 1,543) | 37 (2.4) | 1 |
| Jaundice | ||
| Yes (n = 60) | 7 (11.7) | 0.49; 1.47 (0.49–4.43) |
| No (n = 2086) | 82 (3.9) | 1 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; confidence intervals that do not overlap the null value of OR = 1 are shown in bold.