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| Quality of life | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
| Poor | Good | OR [95% CI] | p-value | OR [95% CI] | p-value | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||||
| Sex | Female | 13 (16.5) | 66 (83.5) | 1.0 |
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| Male | 28 (22.4) | 97 (77.6) | 1.5 [0.7 - 3.0] | 0.304 | 1.2 [0.5 - 2.7] | 0.700 | |
| Age | <5 years | 4 (5.3) | 72 (94.7) | 1.0 |
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| ≥5 years | 37 (37) | 91 (71.1) | 7.3 [2.5 - 21.5] | <0.001 | 16.2[4.6 - 57.5] | <0.001 | |
| Severe anaemia | No | 23 (16.3) | 118 (83.7) | 1.0 |
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| Yes | 18 (28.6) | 45 (71.4) | 2.1[1.01 - 4.2] | 0.046 | 4.6 [1.8 - 11.8] | 0.001 | |
| Nutritional status | No malnutrition | 18 (19) | 77 (81.1) | 1.0 |
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| Mild malnutrition | 8 (17.8) | 37 (82.2) | 0.9 [0.4 - 2.3] | 0.868 |
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| Mod malnutrition | 6 (15.8) | 32 (84.2) | 0.8 [0.3 - 2.2] | 0.669 |
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| Sev malnutrition | 9(34.6) | 17 (65.4) | 2.3 [0.9 - 5.9] | 0.094 | 3[1 - 9.6] | 0.053 | |
| Hydroxyurea | No | 33 (18.2) | 148 (81.8) | 1.0 |
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| Yes | 8 (34.8) | 15 (65.2) | 2.4 [0.9 - 6.1] | 0.068 | 2[0.6 - 6.1] | 0.275 | |
| Blood transfusion | No | 8 (11.4) | 62 (88.6) | 1.0 |
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| Yes | 33 (24.6) | 101 (75.4) | 2.5 [1.1 - 5.8] | 0.029 | 1.7[0.6 - 4.3] | 0.294 | |
| Hospitalizations | No | 18 (14.8) | 104 (85.3) | 1.0 |
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| Yes | 23 (28.1) | 59 (72) | 2.3 [1.1 - 4.5] | 0.022 | 3.4[1.4 - 8.5] | 0.008 | |