Case (n = 43) | Control (n = 86) | Total (n = 129) | OR (IC 95%) | p | |
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Distribution for age | |||||
≤ 5 years | 8 (18.6) | 20 (23.3) | 28 (21.7) | 1 | |
> 5 years | 35 (81.4) | 66 (76.7) | 101 (78.3) | 1.33 (0.53–3.32) | 0.676 |
Sex (%) | |||||
Male | 21 (48.8) | 40 (46.7) | 61 (47.3) | 1.10 (0.53–2.28) | 0.803 |
Female | 22 (51.2) | 46 (53.5) | 68 (52.7) | 1 | |
Season | |||||
Rainy | 38 (88.4) | 51 (59.3) | 89 (69.0) | 5.22 (1.87–14.56) | < 0.001 |
Dry | 5 (11.6) | 35 (40.7) | 40 (31.0) | 1 | |
Plasmodium | |||||
Falciparum | 37 (86.0) | 73 (84.9) | 110 (85.3) | 1.10 (0.39–3.12) | 0.860 |
Falciparum–malariae | 6 (14.0) | 13 (15.1) | 19 (14.7) | 1 | |
Parasitaemia (parasites/µl) | |||||
Low (< 1000 tropho/µl) | 33 (76.7) | 43 (51.8) | 76 (61.3) | 3.31 (1.41–7.78) | 0.005 |
High (≥ 1000 tropho/µl) | 10 (23.2) | 40 (48.2) | 48 (38.7) | 1 |