Table 3 Association between factors and a positive blood smear in day one
Factor | + blood smear in day 1 | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RR (95% CI) | p value | RR (95% CI) | p value | ||
Drug | |||||
ALU | 43.10% | Ref | |||
DHP | 40.45% | 0.94 (0.67–1.30) | 0.704 | ||
Sex | |||||
Female | 46.67 | Ref | |||
Male | 37.00 | 0.79 (0.57–1.10) | 0.166 | ||
Age | |||||
≤ 5 years | 50.48 | Ref | Ref | ||
> 5 years | 33.00 | 0.65 (0.47–0.92) | 0.014 | 0.71 (0.52–0.97) | 0.034 |
RBG (mmol/L) | |||||
< 5 | 39.00 | Ref | |||
≥ 5 | 41.05 | 1.05 (0.75–1.49) | 0.770 | ||
Hb g/dL | |||||
≤ 10 | 44.62 | Ref | |||
> 10 | 38.06 | 0.86 (0.60–1.21) | 0.370 | ||
BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
Normal | 42.68 | Ref | |||
Underweight | 45.45 | 1.07 (0.54–2.09) | 0.855 | ||
Overweight | 40.00 | 0.94 (0.53–1.65) | 0.822 | ||
Obese | 30.00 | 0.70 (0.27–1.85) | 0.474 | ||
Parasite density (parasite/µl) | |||||
Min–3999 | 12.77 | Ref | Ref | ||
4000–20,000 | 30.36 | 2.38 (1.02–5.55) | 0.045 | 2.64 (1.12–6.21) | 0.026 |
20,001–Max | 61.76 | 4.84 (2.25–10.39) | 0.000 | 4.75 (2.20–10.25) | 0.000 |
Temp. in °C | |||||
< 37.0 | 26.32 | Ref | Ref | ||
37.0–37.9 | 47.83 | 1.82 (1.01–3.27) | 0.046 | 1.62 (0.95–2.78) | 0.077 |
≥ 38.0 | 42.71 | 1.62 (0.91–2.90) | 0.103 | 1.32 (0.05–0.24) | 0.318 |