Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

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Table 7 Analysis of child attributes associated with household ITN ownership

Attribute	n/N (%)	OR^β, (95% CI)	p	OR^γ, (95% CI)	p
		Unadjusted		Adjusted
Child age
< 24 months	491/596 (82.3)	1	-	1	-
≥ 24 months	635/1044 (60.8)	0.33 (0.26 - 0.42)	< 0.001	0.26 (0.20 - 0.35)	< 0.001
Height for age z-score
Normal	960/1399 (68. 6)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	147/210 (70.0)	1.07 (0.78 - 1.46)	0.687	0.98 (0.68 - 1.42)	0.935
Weight for age z-score
Normal	1042/1519 (68. 6)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	71/99 (71.7)	1.16 (0.74 - 1.82)	0.517	0.95 (0.53 - 1.72)	0.877
Weight for height z-score
Normal	1028/1494 (68.8)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	73/103 (70.9)	1.10 (0.71 - 1.71)	0.661	0.95 (0.54 - 1.57)	0.767
Anaemia
Non-anaemic	782/1138 (68.7)	1	-	1	-
Anaemic	344/502 (68.5)	0.99 (0.79 - 1.24)	0.939	1.24 (0.96 - 1.60)	0.104

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

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