Table 3 |
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| Risk factors for thrombocytopenia using univariate and multivariate analyses | ||||||
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
| The variable | OR | 95 % CI | P | OR | 95 % CI | P |
| Age | 0.9 | 0.9–1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.1 | 0.9 |
| Primigravidae | 0.9 | 0.8–1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.0 | 0.3 |
| Gestational age | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 0.6 |
| Temperature | 0.9 | 0.8–1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.1 | 0.4 |
| Haemoglobin | 1.9 | 0.8–4.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 | 0.8 |
| Malaria | 8.5 | 3.6–20.8 | <0.001 | 10.1 | 4.1–25.18 | <0.001 |
Adam et al. BMC Clinical Pathology 2012 12:10 doi:10.1186/1472-6890-12-10