Analysis of Haematological Parameters as Predictors of Malaria Infection Using a Logistic Regression Model: A Case Study of a Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Table 2

Wald’s test of significance and odds ratio of predictor variables in the final model.

Variable		S.E (	Wald	df	Sig.		95% CI for OR
							lower	upper
Age	-0.041	0.004	117.143	1	<0.01	0.960	0.953	0.967
Hb	-0.183	0.028	42.764	1	<0.01	0.833	0.788	0.880
Plt	-0.011	0.001	258.940	1	<0.01	0.989	0.988	0.990
Lymph	-0.031	0.004	54.204	1	<0.01	0.969	0.961	0.977
Constant	5.164	0.370	194.749	1	<0.01	174.915

Hb = Haemoglobin (g/dL), Plt = Platelet (, Lymph = Lymphocyte (%),