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Table 4 Adjusted odds ratio of the association between submicroscopic P. falciparum infection and fever stratified by season

From: Submicroscopic malaria infection is not associated with fever in cross-sectional studies in Malawi

Season

Fevera

Objective feverb

Fever/No fever

ORc (95% CI)

Fever/No fever

OR (95% CI)

Rainy

 Submicroscopic

73/683

1.20 (0.91–1.59)

11/740

1.12 (0.58–2.16)

 No parasitaemia

458/5225

1.00 (Ref)

64/5584

1.00 (Ref)

Dry

 Submicroscopic

23/629

0.52 (0.33–0.82)

5/647

0.55 (0.22–1.38)

 No parasitaemia

478/6670

1.00 (Ref)

84/7031

1.00 (Ref)

  1. Mixed effect logistic regression adjusted for clustering within household and EA, age and district
  2. OR: odds ratio
  3. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval
  4. aFever: At least one of these 3: reported fever in the past 2 weeks, reported fever in the past 48 h and temperature ≥ 37.5 °C measured at the time of the interview and specimen collection
  5. bObjective fever: defined as axillary temperature of ≥ 37.5 °C
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Malaria Journal

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