Malaria, Moderate to Severe Anaemia, and Malarial Anaemia in Children at Presentation to Hospital in the Mount Cameroon Area: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence of MdSA and MdSMA as affected by sociodemographic and clinical factors at presentation.

Characteristic	Category		Prevalence of MdSA ()	χ^2	Prevalence of MdSMA ()	χ^2
				value		value
Age group in years	1–5	111	41.4 (46)	3.95; 0.14	14.4 (16)	0.14; 0.93
	6–10	61	41.0 (25)		16.4 (10)
	11–14	44	25.0 (11)		15.9 (7)
Gender	Male	113	36.3 (41)	0.28; 0.59	11.5 (13)	2.61; 0.11
	Female	103	39.8 (41)		19.4 (20)
SES	Poor	70	42.9 (30)	4.16; 0.13	14.3 (10)	0.35; 0.84
	Average	108	39.8 (43)		16.7 (18)
	Rich	38	23.7 (9)		13.2 (5)
Family size	1–5	107	40.2 (43)	1.32; 0.52	15.0 (16)	1.66; 0.44
	6–10	94	34.0 (32)		13.8 (13)
	>10	15	46.7 (7)		26.7 (4)
Level of education of household head	Not formal	5	60.0 (3)	8.00; 0.046	0	1.98; 0.58
	Primary	37	35.1 (13)		16.2 (6)
	Secondary	94	46.8 (44)		18.1 (17)
	Tertiary	80	27.5 (22)		12.5 (10)
Altitude of residence	Lowland	19	63.2 (12)	8.93; 0.012	26.3 (5)	3.14; 0.21
	Middle belt	161	38.5 (62)		15.5 (25)
	Highland	36	22.2 (8)		8.3 (3)
Fever status	Febrile	107	45.8 (49)	5.25; 0.019	21.5 (23)	6.33; 0.012
	Afebrile	109	30.3 (33)		9.2 (10)
Splenomegaly	Enlarged	48	39.6 (19)	0.07; 0.79	14.6 (7)	0.023; 0.88
	Normal	168	37.5 (63)		15.5 (26)
Nutritional status	Malnourished	52	44.2 (23)	1.14; 0.29	23.1 (12)	3.22; 0.07
	Normal	164	36.0 (59)		12.8 (21)
Total		216	38.0 (82)		15.3 (33)