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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of correlates of malaria over-treatment in Homa Bay

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 §

Variable

No (n = 157)

Yes (n = 210)

cOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

Potential correlates

n (%)

n (%)

  

Malnutrition

    

 MUAC < 12.5

4 (2.5)

10 (4.8)

1.91(0.60-6.21)

1.73(0.37-8.05)

 Wasting

17 (11.4)

26 (13.6)

1.22(0.64-2.35)

0.67(0.25-1.77)

 Stunted

19 (12.5)

33 (17.1)

1.44(0.78-2.68)

1.24(0.53-2.89)

 Underweight

14 (9.2)

27 (14.0)

1.60(0.81-3.18)

0.93(0.30-2.89)

Mother HIV-infected

30 (19.2)

45 (22.0)

1.18(0.70-2.00)

1.19(0.59-2.50)

Child HIV-infected

6 (3.9)

15 (7.1)

1.90(0.72-5.01)

1.36(0.35-5.27)

Any IMCI danger sign?

41 (26.1)

141 (67.1)

5.78(3.66-9.14)

8.47(4.81-14.89)

High grade fever (>39°C)

30 (19.1)

69 (32.9)

2.07(1.27-3.39)

3.07(1.58-5.96)

Fever for 7 or more days

10 (6.4)

35 (16.7)

2.94(1.41-6.14)

4.94(1.90-12.86)

Sought care elsewhere

48 (30.6)

37 (17.6)

0.49(0.30-0.79)

0.32(0.18-0.63)

Taken anti-malarial last 7 days

26 (16.6)

50 (23.8)

1.57(0.93-2.67)

1.95(0.95-4.00)

Taken antibiotics last 7 days

15 (9.6)

9 (4.3)

0.42(0.18-.98)

0.17(0.05-0.55)

  1. §Adjusted for child’s age, sex, and caregivers’ education and household income.