Perceived malaria in the population of an urban setting: a skipped reality in Dakar, Senegal

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Association between reporting a malaria attack and covariates in children (logistic regression)

Variables	Class	N° of malaria attack	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
Variables	Class	N° of malaria attack	OR(95%IC)	P	OR(95%IC)	P
Age
	<= 5	421	1	0.001	1	0.001
	> 5	509	0.76(0.64-0.90)		0.76(0.64-0.89)
Sex
	Male	440	1	0.450	1
	Female	490	1.06(0.90-1.25)		1.07(0.91-1.26)	0.387
Use of a bed net
	No	540	1	0.716	**	**
	Yes	390	0.96(0.82-1.14)

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