HAMP and malaria: Hepcidin levels above the cut-off (3.148 ng/mL; OR 26.405, 95 % CI 4.789–145.596 ng/mL, p = 0.001) or median (1.810 ng/mL; OR 14.771, 95 % CI 2.563–85.120 ng/mL, p = 0.003) values were associated with hyperbilirubinaemia more frequently than mild malaria (Fig. 1c).