Malaria, helminths, co-infection and anaemia in a cohort of children from Mutengene, south western Cameroon

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Effect of age (years) and helminths status on malaria morbidity rates in a cohort of children during a 1 year longitudinal study

Parameter	Subclass	% (n)	Presence/absence of malaria episodes				Prevalence of malaria episodes
Parameter	Subclass	% (n)	Unadjusted p value	OR	95 % CI	Adjusted p value	Unadjusted p value	OR	95 % CI	Adjusted p value
Age group (years)	<5	52.6 (199)	0.005	0.47	0.28–0.79	0.004	0.019	2.34	1.15–4.75	0.071
Age group (years)	5–10	45.5 (172)		REF				REF
Helminths status	Positive	16.7 (63)	0.785	1.39	0.68–2.85	0.360	0.322	0.49	0.14–1.71	0.266
Helminths status	Negative	67.5 (255)		REF				REF
Haemoglobin genotype	AA	51.9 (196)	0.734	1.14	0.62–2.13	0.667	0.506	0.71	0.29–1.75	0.451
Haemoglobin genotype	AS	14 (53)		REF				REF

Italic values represent statistically significant associations determined by binary logistic regression

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