Table 5 Multivariate analysis of asymptomatic malaria and its effect on anemia, iron deficiency, and soluble transferrin receptors among school aged children
Variables | Low Hb levels | Low Ferritin concentration | High sTfR levels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | aOR | 95% CI | P-value | |
Asymptomatic malaria | |||||||||
 Yes | 3.71 | (2.29–5.99) | < 0.0001 | 1.03 | (0.44–2.37) | 0.9491 | 3.00 | (2.01–4.47) | < 0.0001 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 1.02 | (0.66–1.59) | 0.9286 | 1.63 | (0.77–3.46) | 0.2057 | 1.11 | (0.77–1.61) | 0.5723 |
 Male | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Age | |||||||||
 5–10 | 1.70 | (1.03–2.79) | 0.0378 | 1.11 | (0.51–2.39) | 0.7932 | 0.89 | (0.61–1.32) | 0.5746 |
 11–14 | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Fever in last 2Â weeks | |||||||||
 Yes | 1.08 | (0.64–1.80) | 0.7780 | 1.17 | (0.46–3.01) | 0.7428 | 1.62 | (1.05–2.48) | 0.0289 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Diarrhea in last 2Â weeks | |||||||||
 Yes | 1.32 | (0.53–3.29) | 0.5498 | 1.69 | (0.22–13.2) | 0.6157 | 1.39 | (0.64–3.02) | 0.4032 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Elevated CRP or AGP | |||||||||
 Yes | 2.63 | (1.64–4.24) | < 0.0001 | 1.33 | (0.55–3.24) | 0.5249 | 1.37 | (0.91–2.05) | 0.1344 |
 No | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Household hunger scale | |||||||||
 Little to none | 0.85 | (0.53–1.38) | 0.5122 | 0.81 | (0.37–1.79) | 0.6085 | 1.05 | (0.70–1.58) | 0.8028 |
 Moderate to severe | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Place of residence | |||||||||
 Urban | 0.53 | (0.20–1.34) | 0.1966 | 0.93 | (0.29–2.99) | 0.8995 | 0.73 | (0.36–1.51) | 0.3965 |
 Rural | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |
Geographical region | |||||||||
 Northern | 1.03 | (0.53–1.97) | 0.9379 | 2.04 | (0.78–5.30) | 0.1418 | 0.97 | (0.56–1.69) | 0.9114 |
 Central | 0.85 | (0.46–1.57) | 0.5987 | 1.79 | (0.74–4.31) | 0.1974 | 1.11 | (0.66–1.85) | 0.7036 |
 South | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  | 1.00 |  |  |