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Table 2 History of suspected malarial symptoms

From: Concerns about covert HIV testing are associated with delayed presentation in Ethiopian adults with suspected malaria: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Total

Location

p value*

Urban

Rural

Number of days of illness prior to health centre attendance (%)

    

 <1

78 (10)

53 (11)

25 (7)

0.02

 1

62 (8)

38 (8)

24 (7)

 2

213 (26)

139 (29)

74 (22)

 3

251 (31)

140 (29)

111 (33)

 4+

206 (25)

106 (22)

100 (30)

Sought health advice prior to visiting current health centre (%)

    

 Yes

75 (9)

34 (7)

41 (12)

0.01

 No

735 (91)

442 (93)

293 (88)

Took antimalarial tablets prior to attendance at health centre (%)

    

 Yes

65 (8)

23 (5)

42 (13)

>0.001

 No

136 (17)

79 (17)

57 (17)

 No response

609 (75)

374 (79)

235 (70)

Positive laboratory test for malaria (%)

    

 Yes

204 (25)

108 (23)

96 (29)

0.05

 No

606 (75)

368 (77)

238 (71)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. *Chi-squared test