Magnitude of Malaria-Typhoid Fever Coinfection in Febrile Patients at Arba Minch General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Magnitude of malaria-typhoid fever Coinfection in relation to sociodemographic characteristics and clinical features in febrile patient at Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables	Categories	Coinfection (%)	Corollary (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
Gender	Male	11 (4.8)	4.62 (1.01–21.11)	3.94 (0.80–19.44)	0.092
	Female	2 (1.1)	1	1
Residence	Urban	2 (1.0)	1	1
	Rural	11 (4.9)	4.86 (1.06–22.19)	4.32 (0.86–21.64)	0.075
Duration of illness	1–7 days	11 (7.4)	8.21 (1.04–64.61)	5.29 (0.62–44.87)	0.127
	8–14 days	1 (0.6)	0.64 (0.04–10.28)	0.39 (0.02–7.13)	0.522
	15–21 days	1 (1.0)	1	1
Pattern fever	Continuous	9 (5.3)	3.38 (1.02–11.17)	5.84 (1.44–23.71)	0.014
	Intermittent	4 (1.6)	1	1
Degree of fever	Mild (100.5–102.1°F)	1 (0.8)	1	1
	Moderate (102.2–104.0°F)	3 (1.5)	0.83 (0.084–8.11)	0.97 (0.09–10.0)	0.981
	High (104.1–106.0°F)	5 (4.5)	2.67 (0.304–23.39)	2.76 (0.28–26.5)	0.379
	Hyperpyrexia (>106.0°F)	4 (9.3)	5.74 (0.618–53.36)	4.93 (0.49–49.1)	0.174
Chills	Yes	8 (5.8)	3.36 (1.08–10.47)	3.94 (1.04–14.89)	0.044
	No	5 (1.8)	1	1
Convulsion	Yes	4 (9.3)	4.15 (1.22–14.10)	4.13 (0.99–17.28)	0.052
	No	9 (2.4)	1

Note. Statistically significant. AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; COR: crude odds ratio.