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Table 7 Distribution of case fatality w.r.t the different prognostic indicators of malaria

From: Epidemiological and clinical profile of paediatric malaria: a cross sectional study performed on febrile children in five epidemiological strata of malaria in Cameroon

Phenotype

n

Fatality (%)

Univariate analysis

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Impaired consciousness

40

3 (7.5)

1.00

 

Hyperpyrexia

48

9 (18.8)

2.85 (0.72–11.34)

0.211

Respiratory distress

27

4 (14.8)

2.15 (0.44–10.46)

0.427

Jaundice

13

4 (30.8)

5.48 (1.04–28.97)

0.053

Severe malarial anaemia

46

12 (26.1)

4.35 (1.13–16.76)

0.044

Coma

14

12 (85.7)

74.0 (11.02–496.75)

<0.001

Convulsion

18

1 (5.5)

0.726 (0.07–7.49)

1.000

Circulatory collapse

16

6 (37.5)

7.4 (1.57–34.94)

0.012

Hyperparasitaemia

18

9 (50.0)

12.33 (2.76–55.05)

<0.001

Frequent vomiting

14

1 (7.1)

0.95 (0.09–9.95)

1.000

Prostration

12

1 (8.3)

1.12 (0.11–11.89)

1.000

Hypoglycaemia

20

9 (45.0)

10.09 (2.32–43.88)

0.001

Cerebral malaria

14

4 (28.6)

4.93 (0.95–25.74)

0.065

Uncomplicated malaria

168

3 (1.8)

0.22 (0.04–1.16)

0.087