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Table 1 Anaemia, fever, parasitaemia and duration of admission among hospitalized malaria cases

From: Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part II: children admitted to hospital

 

Total malaria cases

Uncomplicated malaria cases

Severe malaria cases

Signif.#

1. PCV* on admission in children with malaria

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

 

25–< 33%

32.3% (1302/4027)

33.5% (985/2945)

29.3% (317/1082)

p = 0.01&

15–< 25%

48% (1931/4027)

52.0% (1532/2945)

36.9% (399/1082)

p < 0.0001&

< 15%

4.6% (187/4027)

0.0% (0/2945)

17.3% (187/1082)

 

Mean (SD) PCV

24.7% (6,9)

25.2% (6,3)

23.4% (8,3)

p < 0.0001§

2. Fever (on admission)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

% (n/N)

 

History of fever in the past 24 h

99.4% (4056/4079)

99.5% (2965/2979)

99.2% (1091/1100)

p = 0.19&

Axillary temperature ≥ 37,5°C

66.1% (2692/4074)

65.0% (1933/2975)

69.1% (759/1099)

p = 0.01&

Axillary temperature ≥ 39°C

34.7% (1413/4074)

35.1% (1045/2975)

33.5% (368/1099)

p = 0.33&

Median (IQR$) length of reported fever before admission (days)

2 (1;3)

2 (1;3)

2 (1;3)

 

3. Parasitaemia on admission

    

Geometric mean parasitaemia (95% CI) (parasites/μL)

18838.3 (17732.6–20013.0)

20615.8 (19250.0–22078.5)

14755.7 (13022.5–16719.5)

p < 0.0001##

4. Duration of admission

    

Median (IQR$) length of stay (days)

3 (2;4)

3 (2;4)

3 (2;4)

 
  1. *PCV: Packed Cell Volume
  2. # Significance: p-value of the statistical test comparing uncomplicated with severe cases
  3. &χ2 test
  4. §t-test
  5. $ Inter quartile range
  6. ## Wilcoxon rank sum test