Table 2 Clinical characteristics at the time of recrudescent and new infection compared to participants at the end of the study without recurrent infection
Distribution | Odds ratio (95% CI) univariate | P value | Odds ratio (95% CI) Multivariate Recrudescent vs. new | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proportion (%) | |||||
Fever | |||||
No | 11/277(3.9) | Referent | |||
Recrudescent | 26/119 (21.8) | 6.8 (3.2-14.3) | <.001 | Referent | |
New | 13/84 (15.4) | 4.4 (1.9-10.3) | .001 | .6 (.2-1.5) | .27 |
Anaemia | |||||
No | 137/275 (49.8) | Referent | |||
Recrudescent | 81/117 (69.2) | 2.3 (1.4-3.7) | .001 | Referent | |
New | 54/83 (65.1) | 1.9 (1.1-3.2) | .017 | 1.5 (.7-3.2) | .34 |
Mean (95% CI) | |||||
Change in haemoglobin | |||||
No | .9 (.8-1.2) | ||||
Recrudescent | .7 (.4-1.0) | .2 | Referent | ||
New | 1.2 (.7-1.6) | .4 | 1.3 (1.1-1.6) | .01 | |
Multiplicity of infection | |||||
No | N/A | ||||
Recrudescent | 2.7 (2.3-3.0) | Referent | |||
New | 2.3 (2.1-2.6) | .1 | .8 (.6-1.0) | .05 | |