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

Egyptian Liver Journal

Table 5 Association between malaria infection and the attitude of febrile patients towards preventive measures

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
Regular use of mosquito net	Yes	43 (38.1)	27 (73.0)	1
Regular use of mosquito net	No	70 (61.9)	10 (27.0)	1.424	[1.16-1.74]	=0.0002*
Regular use of insecticides	Yes	22 (19.5)	26 (70.3)	1
Regular use of insecticides	No	91 (80.5)	11 (29.7)	1.947	[1.42-2.67]	<0.0001*
Regular use of prophylaxis	Yes	18 (15.9)	27 (73.0)	1
Regular use of prophylaxis	No	95 (84.1)	10 (27.0)	2.262	[1.57-3.25]	<0.0001*

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)