Table 2

Malaria infection rates in fever cases and controls in Yopougon, as well as odds ratio for parasitaemia, by age groups. Health facility-based surveys.


Fever cases
Controls
OR
95% CI
P value
Fractions of malaria-attributable fevers

Age groups
N = 429
N = 383




Infants 0–1 year
18/78 (23.1%)
22/169 (13.0%)
2.00
0.95–4.22
<0.05
0.12
Children 1–5 years
61/142 (43.0%)
16/60 (26.7%)
2.07
1.02–4.24
<0.05
0.22
Children 6–15 years
39/89 (43.8%)
8/35 (22.9%)
2.63
1.00–7.11
0.05
0.27
Adults >15 years
31/120 (25.6%)
17/119 (14.3%)
2.09
1.04–4.25
<0.01
0.13

Wang et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:29   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-29