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Table 1 The most common diagnoses of non malarial febrile illnesses

From: Treatment of malaria restricted to laboratory-confirmed cases: a prospective cohort study in Ugandan children

Diagnoses*

Total (%) n = 1602

Age < 5 years (%) n = 742

Age ≥ 5 years (%) n = 860

RR † (95%CI)

p-value

Upper respiratory tract infection

754 (47%)

388 (52%)

366 (43%)

1.2 (1.1–1.4)

0.0001

Common cold

469 (29%)

247 (33%)

222 (26%)

1.3 (1.1–1.5)

0.001

Non-specified fever

233 (15%)

86 (12%)

147 (17%)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.002

Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis

196 12%)

76 (10%)

120 (14%)

0.7 (0.6–1.0)

0.028

Diarrhea

157(10%)

95 (13%)

62 (7%)

1.8 (1.3–2.4)

0.0002

Skin infections/wounds

121 (8%)

55 (7%)

66 (7%)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

0.843

Pneumonia

57(4%)

43 (6%)

14 (2%)

3.6 (2.0–6.5)

<0.001

Urinary tract infection

32 (2%)

15 (2%)

17 (0.8%)

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

0.949

Otitis media

22 (1%)

17 (2%)

5 (0.6%)

3.9 (1.5–10.6)

0.003

  1. * Patients may have had more that one diagnosis
  2. † RR = Relative risk for age < 5 years versus age ≥ 5 years