Table 4 Predictors of a risk of obtaining false positive RDT results among individuals with negative blood smears as determinants of RDT specificity in the longitudinal study and CSS in Korogwe and Muheza districts

6216/7226(86.0)

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1857/2018(92.0)

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6475/7164(90.4)

0.65(< 0.001)

0.48(< 0.001)

2580/2687(96.0)

0.40(< 0.001)

0.53(< 0.001)

3119/3441(93.6)

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1738/1847(94.1)

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9497/10979(86.5)

2.30(< 0.001)

2.86(< 0.001)

2699/2858(94.4)

0.93(0.625)

1.01(0.935)

9492/10555(90.1)

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4309/4563(94.4)

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3198/3856(82.9)

1.88(< 0.001)

2.40(< 0.001)

98/111(88.3)

2.25(0.007)

2.84(0.001)

3707/4396(84.3)

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917/977(93.9)

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3944/4678(84.3)

1.00(0.982)

0.57(< 0.001)

940/1041(90.3)

1.64(0.003)

0.97(0.850)

3502/3753(93.3)

0.38(< 0.001)

0.28(< 0.001)

1230/1305(94.3)

0.93(0.693)

0.99(0.955)

1537/1563(98.3)

0.09(< 0.001)

0.10(< 0.001)

1350/1382(97.7)

0.36(< 0.001)

0.38(< 0.001)

4642/5381(86.3)

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1321/1340(98.6)

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8049/9009(89.3)

0.75(< 0.001)

0.74(< 0.001)

3116/3365(92.6)

5.55(< 0.001)

7.33(< 0.001)