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Table 4 Reference laboratory results for malaria parasitaemia in both seasons

From: Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa

MRC slide results

N = 512 (%)*

ORs

95% CI

p-value

DRY

10/215 (4.65)

   

<5

1/89 (1.1)

1

  

5-15

7/54 (13.0)

13.11

1.565 - 109.73

0.018

>15

2/72 (2.8)

2.51

0.223 - 28.30

0.455

WET

37/297 (12.46)

   

<5

9/123 (7.32)

1

  

5-15

17/78 (21.8)

3.53

1.485 - 8.390

0.004

>15

11/96 (11.5)

1.64

0.650 - 4.132

0.295

Total

47/512 (9.2)

   
  1. * One slide washed off during preparation