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

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Relationship between malaria, helminths, co-infection with anaemia in the study children population

Parameter	Subclass	% (n)	Anaemia
Parameter	Subclass	% (n)	Unadjusted p value	OR	95 % CI	Adjusted p value
Age group (years)	<5	52.6 (199)	<0.001	2.24	1.85–4.23	0.013
Age group (years)	5–10	45.5 (172)		REF
Helminths status	Positive	16.7 (63)	0.021	0.47	0.22–0.97	0.041
Helminths status	Negative	67.5 (255)		REF
Malaria parasitaemia status	Positive	17.2 (65)	0.839	2.00	0.89–4.48	0.092
Malaria parasitaemia status	Negative	81 (306)		REF
Manifestation	P+ M+	2.9 (29)	0.008	4.45	1.66–11.94	0.003
	P+ M−	12.7 (128)	0.001	2.42	1.81–3.08	<0.001
	P− M−	84.1 (844)		REF
Haemoglobin genotype	AA	51.9 (196)	0.911	0.78	0.35–1.73	0.541
Haemoglobin genotype	AS	14 (53)		REF
Co-infection Status	Yes	2.9 (11)	0.312	0.52	0.15–1.84	0.310
Co-infection Status	No	26.2 (99)		REF
Co-infection category	P − HL	2.9 (11)	0.093	0.29	0.07–1.17	0.081
	HL	13.2 (50)	0.037	0.36	0.14–0.90	0.029
	P	13 (49)		REF

Italic values represent statistically significant associations assessed by binary logistic regression
P− M− mp negative and no clinical manifestation of malaria, P+ M− mp positive and no clinical manifestation of malaria, P+ M+ malaria cases (febrile, mp positive + at least one sign of malaria), P − HL Plasmodium–helminths co-infection, P Plasmodium alone, HL helminths alone

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