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Table 3 Malaria parasitaemia and anaemia distributions and bivariate analysis stratified by sex, residence and age group

From: Malaria, anaemia and under-nutrition: three frequently co-existing conditions among preschool children in rural Rwanda

Variables

Malaria parasitaemia

Moderate–severe anaemia

N (%)

OR (95 % CI), P-value

N (%)

OR (95 % CI), P-value

Sex

 Male

49 (5.24)

0.796 (0.540–1.173), 0.248

70 (7.4)

1.139 (0.799–1.624), 0.470

 Female

61 (6.49)

1

62 (6.6)

1

Age-group

 6–11

6 (2.68)

1

29 (12.9)

1

 12–23

19 (4.37)

1.659 (0.653–4.216), 0.287

33 (7.6)

0.555 (0.327–0.940), 0.029

 24–35

28 (6.51)

2.531 (1.032–6.206), 0.042

30 (6.9)

0.502 (0.293–0.860), 0.012

 36–47

25 (6.74)

2.625 (1.059–6.502), 0.037

21 (5.6)

0.404 (0.225–0.728), 0.003

 48–59

32 (7.69)

3.028 (1.246–7.356), 0.014

19 (4.6)

0.323 (0.177–0.591), <0.0001

Residence

 Biharwe

19 (6.42)

1

18 (6.1)

1

 Gatanga

23 (4.85)

0.743 (0.398–1.390), 0.353

33 (6.9)

1.156 (0.638–2.092), 0.633

 Gikundamvura

38 (10.30)

1.674 (0.943–2.969), 0.078

33 (8.9)

1.503 (0.829–2.728), 0.180

 Kindama

23 (5.46)

0.843 (0.450–1.577), 0.592

26 (6.2)

1.011 (0.544–1.881), 0.971

 Ruhuha

7 (2.22)

0.330 (0.137–0.798), 0.014

22 (6.9)

1.152 (0.605–2.193), 0.667

  1. P values for categorical variables were based on the χ2 test
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval