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Table 4 Clinical characteristics of blood film positive study participants

From: Burden of malaria among adult patients attending general medical outpatient department and HIV care and treatment clinics in Oromia, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Patient characteristics

Malaria positive

P value

HIV negative (n = 143)

HIV positive (n = 13)

% With reported fever

83 %

54 %

0.04

% With chills

78 %

54 %

0.14

% With headache

88 %

54 %

0.002

Mean temperature (°C)

36.8

36.4

0.24

Febrile (≥37.5 °C)

41.5 %

23.1 %

0.19

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

106.6

106.9

0.95

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

72.1

74.6

0.45

Mean haemoglobin level (gm/dl)

14.0

12.7

0.02