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

Table 3

Multinomial logistic regression analysis examining sociodemographic and clinical factors influencing MdSA and MdSMA.

Factors	Category	MdSA		MdSMA
		OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age group in years	1–5	0.45 (0.19–1.06)	0.07	1.08 (0.39–2.99)	0.889
	6–10	0.48 (0.19–0.122)	0.12	0.94 (0.31–2.86)	0.913
	11–14	Reference		Reference
Gender	Male	1.07 (0.59–1.95)	0.82	1.77 (0.80–3.88)	0.16
	Female	Reference		Reference
SES	Poor	1.32 (0.48–3.63)	0.59
	Average	0.88 (0.43–1.78)	0.72
	Rich	Reference		Reference
Level of education	Not formal	3.16 (0.45–22.19)	0.22225
	Primary	1.29 (0.19–8.74)	0.80
	Secondary	2.26 (0.31–16.60)	0.42
	Tertiary	Reference
Altitude	Lowland	0.13 (0.04–0.49)	0.002	0.24 (0.05–1.21)	0.08
	Middle belt	0.38 (0.18–1.09)	0.08	0.51 (0.14–1.86)	0.31
	Highland	Reference
Fever	Febrile	2.11 (1.45–3.87)	0.02	2.73 (1.20–6.21)	0.02
	Afebrile	Reference
Nutritional status	Malnourished	0.76 (0.39–1.51)	0.44	0.57 (0.25–1.30)	0.18
	Normal	Reference