Table 3
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Predictors of in-hospital mortality among paediatric patients hospitalised for malaria in Zomba, Malawi, 2002–2003 |
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| Risk factor |
% died (Admissions) |
Bivariate model |
Multiple spatial model‡ |
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| UOR† |
95% CI |
AOR |
95% CI |
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| Age |
< 1 year |
8.5 (1,189) |
1.02 |
(0.88, 1.18) |
1.04 |
(0.84, 1.28) |
| 1–4 years |
6.2 (2,136) |
0.78 |
(0.68, 0.89) |
0.84 |
(0.74, 0.98) |
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| 5–14 years |
10.6 (644) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Sex |
Female child |
7.7 (1,683) |
1.01 |
(0.92, 1.12) |
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| Male |
7.6 (2,286) |
1.00 |
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| Day |
Weekend |
7.5 (2,418) |
1.01 |
(0.90, 1.11) |
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| Weekday |
7.5 (1,492) |
1.00 |
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| Season |
Wet |
6.6 (2,262) |
0.88 |
(0.79, 0.99) |
0.79 |
(0.63, 0.88) |
| Dry |
8.6 (1,128) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Distance |
≥ 5 kms |
7.4 (1,938) |
0.95 |
(0.84, 1.03) |
0.78 |
(0.66, 0.94) |
| > 5 kms |
8.8 (1,999) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Referral |
Yes |
8.8 (1,895) |
1.18 |
(1.08, 1.35) |
2.95 |
(2.30, 3.75) |
| No |
6.1 (1,494) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Length of stay |
1 day |
23.7 (891) |
3.71 |
(2.24, 6.14) |
2.56 |
(1.54, 4.20) |
| 2 days |
2.6 (1,001) |
0.32 |
(0.17, 0.59) |
0.24 |
(0.14, 0.45) |
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| 3 days |
2.9 (860) |
0.36 |
(0.19, 0.67) |
0.31 |
(0.17, 0.55) |
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| 4–6 days |
2.2 (984) |
0.27 |
(0.14, 0.52) |
0.24 |
(0.13, 0.44) |
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| 7–20 days |
7.7 (233) |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Treatment |
other drugs |
7.5 (240) |
1.00 |
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| quinine |
7.6 (3,629) |
0.98 |
(0.60, 1.61) |
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| Heterogeneity term‡ |
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| Unstructured effect |
 |
2.04 |
(0.001, 8.75) |
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| Structured effect |
 |
23.74 |
(0.02, 78.68) |
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†UOR-unadjusted odds ratios, AOR-adjusted odds ratios, CI-confidence intervals ‡Based on multiple logistic spatial model: Equation 2 | ||||||
Kazembe et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:93 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-93 |
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