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Table 2 Comparison of malaria prevalence and parasitaemia by age groups

From: Malaria prevalence and performance of diagnostic tests among patients hospitalized with acute undifferentiated fever in Zanzibar

Age group

Positive

OR (CI)p*

Parasitaemia

in copies/µL

median (IQR)

p†

Under 5

5% (14/260)

ref.

22 (4-236)

ref.

5-15 years

15% (20/131)

1.10 (1.04-1.17) 0.001

65 (25-488)

0.30

16-30 years

13% (15/119)

1.07 (1.01-1.14) 0.020

111 (6-427)

0.41

Over 30

6% (14/217)

1.01 (0.96-1.06) 0.678

28 (0.05-170)

0.65

  1. * Logistic regression (glm in R)
  2. †Kruskal–Wallis test and pairwise Wilcoxon rank sum test for multiple comparisons
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