TABLE 4.
P. falciparum PCR positivity after day 7 in association with socio-demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of patientsa
| Characteristics | PCR positivity |
COR | P value | AOR | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCR+ | PCR– | |||||
| Study site | ||||||
| Sherkole | 4 | 28 | 0.091 | 0.001 | 0.05 | 0.002 |
| Kurmuk | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 9 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.43 | 0.861 | 0.852 |
| Female | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Berta | 11 | 25 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.547 | 0.51 |
| Others | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| <15 yrs | 10 | 23 | 0.96 | 0.891 | 0.314 | 0.28 |
| 15 yrs | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Baseline clinical data | ||||||
| Fever | ||||||
| Yes | 12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0.638 | 0.681 |
| No | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Parasitemia | ||||||
| <50,000/μL | 10 | 18 | 1.9 | 0.323 | 1.12 | 0.83 |
| ≥50,000/μL | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||
a
COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.