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Table 3 Relationship between clinical conditions and presence of malaria parasites by age group

From: Prospective study on severe malaria among in-patients at Bombo regional hospital, Tanga, north-eastern Tanzania

  

Age group

Signs/Symptoms

Status

Infants

1-4 yrs

5-9 yrs

10-19 yrs

20+ yrs

 

No

3 (20.0)

4 (33.3)

4 (50.0)

21 (56.8)

26 (49.1)

Severe clinical manifestations (%)

Yes

12 (62.5)

117 (74.1)

23 (82.1)

18 (60.0)

14 (21.5)

 

P- value

0.002

0.003

0.064

0.789

0.002

 

No

20 (80.0)

30 (75.0)

7 (70.0)

16 (59.3)

12 (27.3)

Fever (Temp ≥ 37.5°, %)

Yes

38 (48.7)

91 (70.0)

20 (76.9)

23 (57.5)

28 (37.8)

 

P- value

0.006

0.542

0.667

0.886

0.241

 

No

4 (58.6)

49 (66.2)

   

Cerebral malaria* (%)

Yes

17 (51.5)

72 (75.0)

   
 

P- value

0.5

0.21

   
 

No

38 (46.3)

86 (64.7)

25 (75.8)

37 (59.7)

38 (33.9)

Severe anaemia (Hb < 5 g/dl, %)

Yes

20 (95.2)

35 (94.6)

2 (66.7)

2 (40.0)

2 (33.3)

 

P- value

0.0001

0.0001

0.728

0.391

0.976

 

No

53 (55.8)

112 (72.3)

27 (75.0)

37 (56.9)

38 (33.0)

Convulsions (%)

Yes

4 (66.7)

9 (69.2)

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

 

P- value

0.602

0.815

 

0.224

0.048

 

No

28 (43.8)

68 (63.0)

20 (74.1)

31 (63.3)

35 (34.7)

Splenomegaly prevalence (%)

Yes

30 (76.9)

53 (85.5)

7 (77.8)

8 (44.4)

5 (29.4)

 

P- value

0.001

0.002

0.824

0.166

0.673

  1. *Assessed by the Blantyre coma score scale