Retinopathy in severe malaria in Ghanaian children - overlap between fundus changes in cerebral and non-cerebral malaria

Table 2 Odds ratio of retinopathy in cerebral malaria versus non-cerebral severe malaria

Condition	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Any retinopathy	2.1	(0.7-6.4)	0.2
Retinal whitening	11.0	(2.2-56.1)	0.001
Cotton wool spots	NA	NA	0.084
Papilloedema	0.9	(0.3 - 3.0)	0.9
Macular whitening	1.6	(0.5 - 4.8)	0.4
Macular haemorrhage	0.3	(0.0-2.7)	0.2
Retinal haemorrhage	1.9	(0.6 - 5.6)	0.3
Retinal vascular abnormality	1.9	(0.6-6.1)	0.3

NA, not calculated (since there was zero frequency for the presence of Cotton wool spots in the non-CM group).

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