Malaria Journal

Table 7 Factors associated with malaria parasite prevalence among children aged five to 14 years, The Gambia MIS, 2010/11

From: Does socio-economic status explain the differentials in malaria parasite prevalence? Evidence from The Gambia

Variables		Unadjusted		Adjusted
	N	OR (95% CI)	P value	OR (95% CI)	P value
Age (years)		1.0 (0.9;1.0)	0.8
Age group (years)
5-9	1094	1		1	0.4
10-14	893	1.1 (0.8;1.6)	0.5	1.1 (0.8;1.6)
Health regions
Western Region	74	1		1	0.2
North Bank West Region	175	1.0 (0.5;2.2)	0.9	0.6 (0.3;1.3)	0.2
Central River Region	1054	1.6 (1.0;2.5)	0.03	0.8 (0.4;1.4)	0.4
Upper River Region	656	1.2 (0.5;2.8)	0.6	1.0 (0.5;1.9)	0.9
Sex
Male	1003	1		1	0.4
Female	984	0.9 (0.6;1.2)	0.4	0.9 (0.6;1.2)
Wealth quintiles
Poorest	717	1		1
Second	358	0.6 (0.3;1.1)	0.1	0.6 (0.3;1.2)	0.1
Third	416	0.8 (0.5;1.2)	0.2	0.7 (0.5;1.1)	0.1
Fourth	314	0.3 (0.1;0.6)	0.001	0.2 (0.1;0.5)	0.000
Richest	154	0.3 (0.2;0.6)	<0.001	0.3 (0.1;0.6)	0.003
Wall type
Good	796	1		1
Poor	1191	1.7 (1.1;2.7)	0.011	1.8 (1.1;3.0)	0.02
Floor type
Good	1094	1		1
Poor	893	1.6 (0.9;2.5)	0.07	1.5 (1.0;2.2)	0.03
Roof type
Good	1343	1		1
Poor	643	1.7 (1.2;2.5)	0.006	1.6 (1.1;2.3)	0.015
Window type
Good	1228	1		1
Poor	750	1.8 (1.4;2.3)	<0.001	1.7 (1.3;2.3)	<0.001

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