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Table 4

Age-specific incidence of malaria parasitemia, clinical malaria, and severe malarial anemia in 1862 patients with sickle cell anemia

	Total [1862 (100)], n (%)	Younger than 5 y [380 (20.4)], n (%)	Older than 5 y [1482 (79.6)], n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P
Malaria parasitemia	85 (4.58)	11 (2.9)	74 (5.0)	0.57 (0.29-1.08)	.08
Clinical malaria only*	14 (0.75)	6 (1.6)	8 (0.5)	2.96 (1.02-8.57)	.05
Severe malaria anemia only†	19 (1.02)	7 (1.84)	12 (0.81)	2.29 (0.89-5.88)	.08

	Total [1862 (100)], n (%)	Younger than 5 y [380 (20.4)], n (%)	Older than 5 y [1482 (79.6)], n (%)	OR (95% CI)	P
Malaria parasitemia	85 (4.58)	11 (2.9)	74 (5.0)	0.57 (0.29-1.08)	.08
Clinical malaria only*	14 (0.75)	6 (1.6)	8 (0.5)	2.96 (1.02-8.57)	.05
Severe malaria anemia only†	19 (1.02)	7 (1.84)	12 (0.81)	2.29 (0.89-5.88)	.08

Malaria parasitemia and temperature above 37.5°C.

Malaria parasitemia and hemoglobin level less than 5 g/dL.