Table 3 |
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Prevalence of severity criteria among severe malaria cases with respective case fatality rate and relative risk of dying |
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prevalence |
case fatality rate |
Odd Ratio |
p value |
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number n = 114 |
% |
number/total |
% |
95 % IC |
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comaa |
22 |
(19.3) |
12/21 |
(57.1) |
9.33 (2.85 – 31.58) |
< 0.001 |
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impaired consciousnessb |
15 |
(13.2) |
1/14 |
(7.1) |
0.26 (0.01 – 2.07) |
NS |
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convulsionsc |
71 |
(62.3) |
18/71 |
(25.3) |
4.42 (0.88 – 29.83) |
0.04 |
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respiratory distress |
3 |
(2.6) |
3/3 |
0.002 |
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severe anaemiad |
55 |
(48.2) |
11/50 |
(22.0) |
1.10 (0.40 – 3.05) |
NS |
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hypoglycaemiae |
30 |
(26.3) |
11/28 |
(39.3) |
3.72 (1.26 – 11.05) |
0.006 |
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high parasitaemiaf |
39 |
(34.2) |
7/37 |
(18.9) |
0.82 (0.27 – 2.42) |
NS |
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a: Blantyre score ≤ 2 b: Blantyre score = 3–4 c: ≥ 2 / 24 hours d: haemoglobin < 5 g/dL e: glycaemia < 2.2 mmol/L f: parasitaemia > 4% |
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Gay-Andrieu et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:10 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-10 |
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