Predictors of treatment failures of plasmodium falciparum malaria in Vietnam: a 4-year single‐centre retrospective study

Table 5 Association between patterns of malaria infection and demographic and clinical characteristics

Characteristics^a	Severe malaria (n = 58)	Uncomplicated malaria (n = 207)	P value*	OR (CI)
Age (years)	37.3 ± 14.2	34.7 ± 12.7	0.17
Male	82.8 (48)	83.6 (173)	0.9
BMI	21.5 ± 3.3	21.4 ± 3	0.87
Number of days of illness	6.8 ± 4.4	6.3 ± 5.2
Receiving treatment in previous hospital	16 (27.6%)	26 (12.6%)	< 0.001	2.7 (1.3–5.3)
Acquiring malaria before 2017	46.6 (27)	44 (91)	0.72
Pregnancy	1.7 (1)	0.5 (1)	0.3
Fever on admission	100 (58)	99.5 (206)	0.6
Hepatomegaly	31 (18)	4.3 (9)	< 0.001	9.9 (4.2–23.6)
Splenomegaly	5.2 (3)	2.4 (5)	0.3
Anaemia	1.7 (1)	0.5 (1)	0.3
Number of inpatient days	7.8 ± 4.2	5 ± 3	< 0.001

^a%(N) for categorical variables and Mean ± SD for continuous variables
*Chi-squared test for categorical variables and student t test for continuous variables

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