Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Analysis of child attributes associated with malaria parasitaemia

Attribute	n/N (%)	OR^β, (95% CI)	p	OR^γ, (95% CI)	p
		Unadjusted		Adjusted
Child age
< 24 months	93/600 (15.5)	1	-	1	-
≥ 24 months	273/1035 (26.4)	1.95 (1.50 - 2.53)	< 0.001	2.44 (1.79, 3.34)	< 0.001
Height for age z-score
Normal	302/1403 (21.5)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	59/209 (28.2)	1.43 (1.03 - 1.99)	0.031	1.17 (0.79 - 1.73)	0.442
Weight for age z-score
Normal	333/1519 (21.9)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	30/98 (30.6)	1.57 (1.01 - 2.46)	0.047	1.54 (0.84 - 2.85)	0.166
Weight for height z-score
Normal	340/1500 (22.7)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	18/104 (17.3)	0.71 (0.42 - 1.20)	0.206	0.56 (0.30 - 1.05)	0.071
Anaemia
Non-anaemic	216/1130 (19.1)	1	-	1	-
Anaemic	150/505 (29.7)	1.79 (1.40 - 2.28)	< 0.001	1.70 (1.30 - 2.22)	< 0.001

β-Univariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); γ-multivariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); CI-confidence interval

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