Table 5 Risk Factors for late mortality (between 31 and 365 days)
From: Early and late mortality after malaria in young children in Papua, Indonesia
Characteristics | Risk (Events/total cases) | Univariable Analysis Hazard ratio (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age Group | |||
  > =1 to <=5 | 0.6 (61/11005) | Reference |  |
  < 1 | 1.7 (76/4477) | 3.11 (2.22, 4.35) | < 0.001 |
Gender | |||
 Female | 1.0 (70/7346) | Reference |  |
 Male | 0.8 (67/8136) | 0.86 (0.62, 1.20) | 0.38 |
Ethnicitya | |||
 Non Papuan | 0.2 (2/1073) | Reference |  |
 Highland | 1.1 (131/11545) | 6.08 (1.50,24.55) | 0.011 |
 Lowland | 0.1 (4/2851) | 0.74 (0.14, 4.04) | 0.728 |
Inpatient Status | |||
 Outpatient | 0.7 (90/12065) | Reference |  |
 Inpatient | 1.4 (47/3417) | 1.83 (1.28, 2.60) | < 0.001 |
Anaemiab | |||
 Hb > = 7 g/dl | 0.8 (49/5918) | Reference |  |
 Hb < 7 g/dl | 1.5 (40/2612) | 1.83 (1.21, 2.79) | 0.004 |
Malnourished | |||
 Normal | 0.9 (132/15290) | Reference |  |
 Undernourished | 2.6 (5/192) | 2.99 (1.22, 7.30) | 0.016 |
Recurrent malaria within 30 days | |||
 None | 0.8 (117/14234) | Reference |  |
 P. falciparum | 1.1 (5/452) | 1.34 (0.55, 3.28) | 0.521 |
 P. vivax | 1.9 (12/635) | 2.33 (1.28, 4.22) | 0.005 |
 Mixed Infections | 1.9 (3/161) | 2.34 (0.74, 7.37) | 0.145 |
Species at presentation | |||
 P. falciparum | 0.8 (47/6106) | Reference |  |
 P. vivax | 1.0 (72/7378) | 1.30 (0.90, 1.88) | 0.157 |
 Mixed Infections | 0.9 (17/1793) | 1.28 (0.73, 2.23) | 0.386 |