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Table 4 Correlation between malaria, BSI, UTI, GII and CBPN and demographic, clinical and laboratory data

From: Treatable causes of fever among children under five years in a seasonal malaria transmission area in Burkina Faso

 

Malaria

Blood stream infection

Urinary tract infection

Gastro-intestinal infection

CBPN

 

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Gender

          

 Male

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Female

1.19 (0.88–1.61)

0.255

1.01 (0.53–1.91)

0.969

1.22 (0.34–4.45)

0.752

1.18 (0.83–1.69)

0.350

1.18 (0.82–1.70)

0.381

Age

          

 ≤12 months

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 >12 months

2.85 (2.02–4.06)

<0.001*

0.70 (0.37–1.39)

0.299

0.34 (0.09–1.25)

0.094

2.88 (1.86–4.58)

<0.001*

0.90 (0.61–1.35)

0.609

Temperature

          

 37.5 °C–38.5 °C

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 38.5 °C–39.5 °C

1.26 (0.91–1.76)

0.166

1.28 (0.64–2.51)

0.479

1.93 (0.50–7.92)

0.330

0.99 (0.67–1.47)

0.963

1.21 (0.81–1.80)

0.334

 >39.5 °C

2.06 (1.31–3.26)

0.002*

0.87 (0.28–2.23)

0.789

0.86 (0.04–5.90)

0.891

1.13 (0.67–1.89)

0.647

0.90 (0.50–1.55)

0.714

White cell counts

          

 4 × 103–12 × 103

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 <4 × 103 cells/mm3

1.18 (0.33–4.67)

0.803

0.35 (0.02–7.31)

0.828

0.66 (0.20–26.68)

0.828

1.55 (0.36–6.70)

0.540

1.13 (0.01–2.31)

0.166

 ≥12 × 103 mm3

0.58 (0.43–0.79)

<0.001*

1.03 (0.55–1.91)

0.206

2.25 (0.64–7.92)

0.206

0.79 (0.55–1.14)

0.211

1.36 (0.94–1.95)

0.100

Anaemia

          

 ≥11 g/dl

1

 

1

 

1

1

1

 

1

 

 <8 g/dl

4.06 (2.35–7.20)

<0.001*

1.60 (0.54–5.80)

0.426

1.50 (0.31–10.70)

0.631

1.71 (0.39–1.28)

0.252

1.16 (0.64–1.18)

0.625

 8 g/dl–11 g/dl

2.51 (1.53–4.24)

<0.001*

1.25 (0.47–4.33)

0.688

0.34 (0.06–2.65)

0.248

0.60 (0.35–1.01)

0.052

0.81 (0.46–1.44)

0.453

Vaccination according EPI

          

 Yes

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 No

0.78 (0.52–1.14)

0.204

0.68 (0.25–1.58)

0.409

0.12 (0.01–2.05)

0.145

1.23 (0.81–1.98)

0.294

0.98 (0.60–1.58)

0.950

 Unknown

1.32 (0.86–2.05)

0.204

0.90 (0.33–2.10)

0.829

0.16 (0.01–2.66)

0.201

1.11 (0.64–1.88)

0.709

1.06 (0.63–1.73)

0.829

  1. *P-value is statistically significant
  2. BSI Blood stream infection, UTI Urinary tract infection, GII Gastro - intestinal infection, CBPN Common bacterial pathogens of nasopharynx