Table 5 Strength of association between parasitemia and severe malaria indicators in patients infected with P. vivax malaria, Mandi town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014/15
Parasite load | Sever malaria indicators (%) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Severe anemia | Respiratory distress | Prostration | Persistent vomiting | Hyperpyrexia | Hypoglycemia | |||||||
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
1000–9999 | 9 (3.4) | 258 (96.6) | 4 (1.5) | 263 (98.5) | 10 (3.7) | 257 (96.3) | 5 (1.9) | 262 (98.1) | 5 (1.9) | 262 (98.1) | 4 (1.5) | 263 (98.5) |
≥10,000 | 4 (11.8) | 30 (88.2) | 2 (5.9) | 32 (94.1) | 4 (12.1) | 29 (85.3) | 4 (11.8) | 30 (88.2) | 3 (8.57) | 32 (94.1) | 1 (2.9) | 33 (97.1) |
Relative risk (RR) | RR = 0.26 (95 % CI, 0.076–0.9), P = 0.034 | RR =0.24 (95 % CI, 0.043–1.38), P = 0.11 | RR =0.28 (95 % CI, 0.08–0.95), P = 0.042) | RR =0.14 (95 % CI, 0.036–0.56), P = 0.005 | RR =0.19 (95 % CI, 0.045–0.86), P = 0.03 | RR = 1.9 (95 % CI, 0.2–18.4), P = 0.54 | ||||||