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Table 3 Multivariate analyses showing significant factors associated with the total malaria attributable fraction relative to the baseline haemoglobin in falciparum infected patients

From: Haemoglobin dynamics in Papuan and non-Papuan adults in northeast Papua, Indonesia, with acute, uncomplicated vivax or falciparum malaria

Independent variable

Coefficient

95% CIs

P

Papuan ethnicity*

−6.41

−12.73 – –0.099

0.047

Day 0 haemoglobin†

−3.37

−4.95 – –1.79

0.000

Day 0 splenomegaly*

6.69

0.17 – 13.21

0.045

Illness duration§

0.71

0.073 – 1.34

0.030

Constant

49.53

29.02 – 70.04

0.000

  1. No factors were identified in the vivax infected patients.
  2. * dichotomous variable (present yes / no).
  3. † Continuous variable measured in g/dL.
  4. § measured in days.
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