Analysis of Haematological Parameters as Predictors of Malaria Infection Using a Logistic Regression Model: A Case Study of a Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Table 1

Wald’s test of significance and odds ratio of predictor variables in the initial model.

Variable		S.E (	Wald	df	Sig.		95% CI for OR
							lower	upper
Age	-0.041	0.004	111.381	1	<0.01	0.960	0.953	0.967
Gender	-0.040	0.125	0.102	1	0.749	0.961	0.752	1.227
Hb	-0.187	0.028	42.974	1	<0.01	0.830	0.785	0.877
WBC	-0.009	0.013	0.489	1	0.484	0.991	0.966	1.016
Plt	-0.011	0.001	252.678	1	<0.01	0.989	0.988	0.990
Lymph	-0.032	0.004	50.767	1	<0.01	0.969	0.961	0.977
Mxd	0.000	0.021	0.000	1	0.985	1.000	0.960	1.042
Neut	0.000	0.02	0.000	1	0.985	1.000	0.960	1.042
Constant	5.317	0.455	136.832	1	<0.01	203.824

Hb = Haemoglobin (g/dL); Wbc = White blood cell; Plt = Platelet (; Lymph = Lymphocyte (%); Mxd = Mixed Cell Count (%); Neut = Neutrophil (%).