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Table 3 Multivariable analysis of risk factors associated with having at least one episode of hypoglycaemia during the admission

From: Continuous determination of blood glucose in children admitted with malaria in a rural hospital in Mozambique

Risk factors

Hypoglycaemia N = 10, n (%)

Adjusted OR

95% CI

p valueb

Oedemaa

1 (10.0)

20.08

0.74

547.08

0.075

Dehydrationa

1 (10.0)

2.87

0.36

23.02

0.321

Several acute malnutrition (WHZ <−3DS)

1 (10.0)

6.69

0.60

74.41

0.122

Blood culture positivity

1 (10.0)

6.69

0.60

74.41

0.123

  1. WHZ weight-for-height Z score
  2. aThese variables contain missing data for 7 patients
  3. bOR and p value derived from Firth logistic regression