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Table 2 Percent prevalence of anaemia in different age groups and sexes (Comparison between cases with malaria infections and malaria/Helminth co infections in all age and sex groups) Alaba Kulito Health Center, SNNPR, South Ethiopia, Nov-Dec, 2007

From: Malaria and helminth co-infections in outpatients of Alaba Kulito Health Center, southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Age

% Co-infected cases who were anaemic(n/N)

%Malaria infection*cases Who were anaemic (n/N)

Adjusted** Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value

Over all Adjusted***Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value

< 5

72 (18/25)

31 (13/42)

5.74(1.93-17.08)

10.5(1),0.001

2.58(1.7-3.92)

20.3(1), p < 0.001

5-14

39 (23/59)

30 (9/30)

1.49(0.58-3.82)

0.7(1),0.416

 

≥ 15

36.2(59/163)

15.8(22/139)

3.02(1.73-5.26)

15.8(1), p < 0.001

 

Sex

    

   F

35.7 (46/129)

30.2 (29/96)

1.28(0.73-2.25)

0.7(1),0.392

2.58(1.7-3.92)

20.3(1), p < 0.001

   M

45.8 (54/118)

13 (15/115)

5.62(2.93-10.8)

29.8(1), p < 0.001

 
  1. * Malaria infection without concurrent intestinal helminth infection mih = multiple (two or more) intestinal helminth infection
  2. ** The age-specific ratios within the cases were adjusted for sex or age
  3. *** Within each cases the over all Odds were adjusted for both age and sex. For the combined data the odds were adjusted for cases, age and sex