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Table 2 Demographic and laboratory characters associated with anti-malarial prescription for febrile less than 5-year-old children at Omdurman Hospital, Sudan using univariate and multivariate analyses

From: Poor adherence to the malaria management protocol among health workers attending under-five year old febrile children at Omdurman Hospital, Sudan

Variables

Univariate

Multivariate

 

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Age

1.02

1.01-1.02

<0.001

0.98

0.95- 1.01

0.159

Gender

1.34

0.86-2.08

0.199

0.32

0.07- 1.48

0.144

Cough

0.26

0.16-0.43

<0.001

0.59

0.11- 3.10

0.538

Runny nose

1.23

0.42-6.63

0.707

5.76

0.03- 1016

0.506

Breathlessness

0.22

0.10-0.46

<0.001

0.96

0.09- 10.21

0.973

Vomiting

2.1

1.29-3.39

0.003

1.09

0.25- 4.82

0.905

Diarrhoea

0.81

0.41-1.64

0.573

1.43

0.19- 10.64

0.725

Seizure

1.98

1.15-3.42

0.014

5.53

0.89- 34.2

0.066

Lethargy

1.46

0.90-2.35

0.122

0.66

0.03- 16.99

0.801

Temperature

1.00

0.88-1.13

0.998

1.14

0.61- 2.11

0.691

Leucocytes

1.00

1.01-1.05

0.036

1.00

0.99- 1.00

0.991

Chest X-ray

0.93

0.70-1.25

0.645

0.93

0.24- 3.61

0.911

Positive malaria

6.33

3.7-10.8

<0.001

22.34

12.3- 40.5

<0.001

Haemoglobin

0.94

0.85-1.04

0.235

0.82

0.63-1.06

0.136