Research Article

Presumptive Treatment of Malaria in Ghana: Was It Ever Useful? Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

Table 2

Symptoms and Malaria Parasitaemia.

Symptom Odds Ratio (OR)95% Confidence Interval

Fever1.86721.5586 – 2.2370
Cough (Resp. symptoms)0.82140.6910 – 0.9765
Vomiting1.23351.0352 – 1.4697
Number of symptoms presented
None1
One1.3311.031 – 1.718
Two1.3591.050 – 1.761
Three1.8831.372 – 2.583

p < 0.05.