Table 5.
Association between patterns of malaria infection and demographic and clinical characteristics
| Characteristicsa | Severe malaria (n = 58) |
Uncomplicated malaria (n = 207) |
P value* | OR (CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 37.3 ± 14.2 | 34.7 ± 12.7 | 0.17 | |
| Male | 82.8 (48) | 83.6 (173) | 0.9 | |
| BMI | 21.5 ± 3.3 | 21.4 ± 3 | 0.87 | |
| Number of days of illness | 6.8 ± 4.4 | 6.3 ± 5.2 | ||
| Receiving treatment in previous hospital | 16 (27.6%) | 26 (12.6%) | < 0.001 | 2.7 (1.3–5.3) |
| Acquiring malaria before 2017 | 46.6 (27) | 44 (91) | 0.72 | |
| Pregnancy | 1.7 (1) | 0.5 (1) | 0.3 | |
| Fever on admission | 100 (58) | 99.5 (206) | 0.6 | |
| Hepatomegaly | 31 (18) | 4.3 (9) | < 0.001 | 9.9 (4.2–23.6) |
| Splenomegaly | 5.2 (3) | 2.4 (5) | 0.3 | |
| Anaemia | 1.7 (1) | 0.5 (1) | 0.3 | |
| Number of inpatient days | 7.8 ± 4.2 | 5 ± 3 | < 0.001 |
a%(N) for categorical variables and Mean ± SD for continuous variables
*Chi-squared test for categorical variables and student t test for continuous variables