Table 4 Univariate analysis of clinical malaria and its effects on anemia, iron deficiency, and soluble transferrin receptors among school aged children
Variables | Low Hb levels | Low ferritin concentration | High sTfR levels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
Clinical malaria | |||||||||
 Positive | 4.70 | (3.04–7.27) | < 0.0001 | 1.49 | (0.63–3.09) | 0.4197 | 3.50 | (2.41–5.08) | < 0.0001 |
 Negative | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 1.16 | (0.77–1.75) | 0.4782 | 1.65 | (0.78–3.50) | 0.1867 | 1.18 | (0.83–1.69) | 0.3628 |
 Male | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Age | |||||||||
 5–10 | 2.14 | (1.35–3.41) | 0.0013 | 1.19 | (0.56–2.51) | 0.6507 | 1.00 | (0.69–1.45) | 0.9815 |
 11–14 | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Fever in last 2Â weeks | |||||||||
 Yes | 1.65 | (1.04–2.65) | 0.0342 | 1.26 | (0.51–3.15) | 0.6155 | 1.90 | (1.26–2.87) | 0.0023 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Diarrhea in last 2Â weeks | |||||||||
 Yes | 1.83 | (0.80–4.20) | 0.1535 | 1.70 | (0.22–12.9) | 0.6070 | 1.76 | (0.84–3.69) | 0.1359 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Elevated CRP or AGP | |||||||||
 Yes | 4.00 | (2.58–6.19) | < 0.0001 | 1.48 | (0.65–3.39) | 0.3506 | 1.93 | (1.33–2.80) | 0.0005 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Household hunger scale | |||||||||
 Little to none | 0.78 | (0.50–1.21) | 0.2652 | 0.86 | (0.41–1.80) | 0.6970 | 0.84 | (0.58–1.23) | 0.3798 |
 Moderate to severe | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Place of residence | |||||||||
 Urban | 0.31 | (0.12–0.78) | 0.0125 | 0.97 | (0.33–2.86) | 0.9573 | 0.49 | (0.25–0.99) | 0.0482 |
 Rural | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Geographical region | |||||||||
 Northern | 0.87 | (0.46–1.67) | 0.6782 | 1.89 | (0.76–4.66) | 0.1674 | 0.82 | (0.47–1.45) | 0.5016 |
 Central | 1.01 | (0.54–1.90) | 0.9806 | 1.82 | (0.76–4.36) | 0.1772 | 1.09 | (0.63–1.88) | 0.7616 |
 South | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |