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Table 2 Odds ratios: modelling the probability of having anaemia (haemoglobin <11 g/dL) at baseline

From: Ascaris co-infection does not alter malaria-induced anaemia in a cohort of Nigerian preschool children

Crude odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of anaemia (haemoglobin <11 g/dL) at baseline

Infection group

Malaria

Ascaris only

Co-infection

No infection

Malaria only

 

3.67 (2.23 – 6.07)*

1.37 (0.97 – 1.91)

3.77 (2.32 – 6.12)*

Ascaris only

  

0.37 (0.23 – 0.61)*

1.03 (0.57 – 1.85)

Co-infection

   

2.76 (1.73 – 4.41)*

No infection

    

* p-value <0.001