Liver injury in malaria infected patients in Douala-Cameroon and its association with poor medical practice

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 4 Association between malaria infection, gender and age group of febrile patients

Variables	Category	Malaria + (%) (n =113)	Malaria - (%) (n = 37)	Strength of Association
Variables	Category	Malaria + (%) (n =113)	Malaria - (%) (n = 37)	RR	RR [95% CI]	p value
Gender	Male	39 (34.5)	18 (48.6)
Gender	Female	74 (65.5)	19 (51.4)	1.163	[0.94-1.42]	=0.1714^ns
Age range (years)	[0-5]	7 (6.2)	7 (18.9)	1
	[5-30]	24 (21.2)	15 (40.5)	1.231	[0.69-2.19]	=0.5343^ns
	[30-60]	63 (55.8)	13 (35.2)	1.658	[0.97-2.82]	=0.0124*
	[>60]	19 (16.8)	2 (5.4)	1.810	[1.05-3.11]	=0.0111*

Malaria+: Malaria infected febrile patients; Malaria-: Malaria non-infected febrile patients; RR: Relative risk value determined by Fisher’s Exact Test; CI: Confidence Interval; *: indicate p value statistically significant (p˂0.05); ^ns: indicate p value statistically non-significant (p>0.05)