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Table 3 Behaviour difficulties and mental health disorders after severe malaria

From: Cerebral malaria is associated with long-term mental health disorders: a cross sectional survey of a long-term cohort

Behaviour difficulty or mental health disorder

Cerebral malaria, n = 173, (%)

Severe malaria anaemia, n = 99, (%)

Community controls, n = 108, (%)

p a value (CM vs CC)

p a value (SMA vs CC)

p a value (CM vs SMA)

Behaviour difficulty only

6 (3.5)

4 (4.0)

3 (2.8)

0.99

0.99

0.99

Mental health disorder

18 (10.4)

4 (4.0)

2 (1.8)

0.01

0.69

0.13

  1. aχ2 test or Fisher’s exact test with Benferroni correction