Table 2

Odds ratio of retinopathy in cerebral malaria versus non-cerebral severe malaria

Condition

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value

Any retinopathy

2.1

(0.7-6.4)

0.2

Retinal whitening

11.0

(2.2-56.1)

0.001

Cotton wool spots

NA

NA

0.084

Papilloedema

0.9

(0.3 - 3.0)

0.9

Macular whitening

1.6

(0.5 - 4.8)

0.4

Macular haemorrhage

0.3

(0.0-2.7)

0.2

Retinal haemorrhage

1.9

(0.6 - 5.6)

0.3

Retinal vascular abnormality

1.9

(0.6-6.1)

0.3

NA, not calculated (since there was zero frequency for the presence of Cotton wool spots in the non-CM group).

Essuman et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:232   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-232