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Table 2 Association between anaemia and malaria among children under 5 years living in artisanal mining communities in Ghana

From: Burden of malaria in children under five and caregivers’ health-seeking behaviour for malaria-related symptoms in artisanal mining communities in Ghana

Variables

Anaemia status

Crude OR (95% CI)

Absent (%)

Present (%)

Malaria (RDT results)

 Negative

159 (70.7)

11 (7.5)

0.07

 Positive

66 (29.3)

136 (92.5)

29.8 (15.1–58.7)

Malaria (smear results)

 No MPs seen

176 (78.2)

36 (24.5)

0.20

 MPs seen

49 (21.8)

111 (75.5)

11.1 (6.8–18.1)

Plasmodium infection

 Negative

176 (78.2)

36 (24.5)

0.20

 Mono-infection (asexual form)

49 (21.8)

110 (74.8)

11.0 (6.7–18.0)

 Mixed infection (asexual form)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

  1. RDT rapid diagnostic test, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, MPs malaria parasites