Children with moderate acute malnutrition have inflammation not explained by maternal reports of illness and clinical symptoms: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso

Table 3 Mean acute phase protein levels by illness group

	% (n)	Mean level of C-reactive protein mg/l (95 % confidence intervals) ^a,b	Mean α1-acid glycoprotein g/l (95 % confidence intervals) ^a,b
Not ill	21.6 % (345)	1.24 (1.03–1.5)	0.97 (0.92–1.01)
Ill according to mother only	6.6 % (105)	1.68 (1.2–2.35)	1.13 (1.04–1.23)
Ill according to mother and nurse	31.4 % (503)	3.91 (3.35–4.57)	1.4 (1.35–1.46)
Ill according to nurse only	40.4 % (647)	3.1 (2.71–3.55)	1.25 (1.21–1.29)

^aMeans are geometric means
^bPairwise comparisons between means adjusted for age and sex showed no significant difference for mean CRP level between children who were not ill and those who were ill according to mother only. All other pairwise comparisons were significant (p < 0.05)

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