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Table 2 Health centre slide requests

From: Prescribing practice for malaria following introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in an urban area with declining endemicity in West Africa

Age category

Dry season [n/N (%)] †

Wet season [n/N (%)] †

OR (95% CI)

p-value

<5 years

(213)

27/89 (30.3)

55/124 (44.4)

1.83 (1.03-3.25)

0.039

5 - 15 years

(132)

22/54 (40.7)

22/78 (28.2)

0.57 (0.27-1.19)

0.135

>15 years

(168)

27/72 (37.5)

20/96 (20.8)

0.44 (0.22-0.87)

0.018

  1. †N-total number per age category/season
  2. * Requests in the wet season compared to the dry season
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Malaria Journal

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