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Table 3 Odds ratios of symptoms for prediction of clinical malaria (symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia)

From: Sensitivity of fever for diagnosis of clinical malaria in a Kenyan area of unstable, low malaria transmission

Predictor

<5 years

≥5 years

 

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Fever

1. 96

0. 59–6. 53

0. 27

1. 47

1. 09–1. 97

0. 01

Headache

2. 54

1. 28–5. 04

0. 01

2. 04

1. 3–3. 21

0. 002

Appetite loss

2. 14

1. 01–4. 53

0. 05

1. 21

0. 89–1. 65

0. 22

Vomiting

0. 7

0. 34–1. 46

0. 34

1. 74

1. 25–2. 43

0. 001

Chills

3. 88

1. 77–8. 49

0. 001

2. 63

1. 93–3. 51

<0. 001

Jaundice

1

-

-

1. 08

0. 25–4. 60

0. 92

Diarrhoea

0. 5

0. 18–1. 46

0. 21

0. 23

0. 1–0. 52

<0. 001

Backache

1

-

-

0. 95

0. 65–1. 38

0. 78

Joint pains

1. 44

0. 12–11. 39

0. 73

1. 29

0. 93–1. 78

0. 13

Nausea

1. 78

0. 52–6. 14

0. 36

0. 79

0. 52–1. 2

0. 27

Malaise

2. 58

1. 07–6. 18

0. 03

1. 67

1. 15–2. 44

0. 01