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Table 2 Univariate and multivariate analysis of correlates of malaria over-treatment in Kisii

From: Frequency and correlates of malaria over-treatment in areas of differing malaria transmission: a cross-sectional study in rural Western Kenya

 

Over-treated

Crude

Adjusted §

 

No (n = 594)

Yes (n = 45)

cOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

Potential correlates

n (%)

n (%)

  

Malnutrition

    

 MUAC < 12.5

13 (2.2)

1 (2.2)

1.02(0.13-7.94)

1.57(0.18-13.42)

 Wasting

107 (20.8)

5 (14.3)

0.64(0.24-1.68)

0.70(0.20-1.89)

 Stunted

73 (13.7)

3 (8.6)

0.59(0.18-1.98)

0.75(0.18-3.01)

 Underweight

45 (8.4)

2 (5.7)

0.66(0.15-2.83)

1.12(0.18-7.12)

Mother HIV-infected

17 (3.0)

4 (9.1)

3.26(1.11-9.58)

1.81(0.39-8.43)

Child HIV-infected

7 (1.2)

2 (4.5)

3.90(0.89-17.30)

NA

Any IMCI danger sign?

90 (15.2)

8 (17.8)

1.21(0.55-2.69)

1.94(0.73-5.17)

High grade fever (>39°C)

166 (27.9)

21 (46.7)

2.26(1.24-4.16)

2.13(1.02 - 4.45)

Fever for 7 or more days

232 (39.1)

19 (42.2)

1.14(0.62-2.11)

1.48(0.68-3.21)

Sought care elsewhere

195 (32.8)

14 (31.1)

0.92(0.48-1.78)

0.83(0.33-2.06)

Taken anti-malarial last 7 days

70 (11.8)

10 (22.2)

2.14(1.03-4.44)

2.45(0.84-7.29)

Taken antibiotics last 7 days

47 (7.9)

2 (4.4)

0.54(0.13-2.30)

0.31(0.04-2.84)

  1. Data insufficient to include this variable in multivariate model only two of the children over-diagnosed in Kisii were HIV+. §Adjusted for child’s age, sex, and caregivers’ education and household income.