Disparities of Plasmodium falciparum infection, malaria-related morbidity and access to malaria prevention and treatment among school-aged children: a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 3 Results from multivariate regression models on Plasmodium falciparum infection status and parasitaemia with covariates self-reported and clinical morbidity

	*P. falciparum*infection status				*P. falciparum*parasitaemia (parasites/μl of blood)
	Logistic regression model		Logistic regression model with random effect		Negative binomial regression model		Negative binomial regression model with random effect
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted IRR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted IRR (95% CI)	p-value
Self, reported morbidity/disease
Headache	1.15 (0.99, 1.33)	0.077	1.09 (0.93, 1.28)	0.300	1.13 (0.97, 1.33)	0.124	1.06 (0.98, 1.14)	0.136
Hot body	1.00 (0.86, 1.18)	0.953	0.96 (0.81, 1.32)	0.622	1.36 (1.15, 1.61)	<0.001*	1.01 (0.94, 1.10)	0.758
Abdominal pain	1.14 (0.99, 1.32)	0.078	1.10 (0.95, 1.28)	0.216	0.93 (0.80, 1.09)	0.401	1.07 (1.00, 1.16)	0.053
Vomiting	1.25 (1.07, 1.45)	0.004*	1.30 (1.11, 1.52)	0.001*	1.24 (1.05, 1.45)	0.010*	1.16 (1.08, 1.25)	<0.001*
Fatigue	1.00 (0.87, 1.16)	0.952	1.01 (0.87, 1.18)	0.854	0.90 (0.78, 1.05)	0.185	1.01 (0.94, 1.08)	0.855
Loss of appetite	0.96 (0.83, 1.12)	0.608	0.95 (0.81, 1.12)	0.540	0.85 (0.73, 1.00)	0.046*	0.96 (0.89, 1.03)	0.245
Malaria	0.82 (0.70, 0.95)	0.011*	0.80 (0.67, 0.94)	0.008*	1.00 (0.85, 1.18)	0.984	0.89 (0.82, 0.96)	0.004*
Clinical morbidity
Fever	1.04 (0.61, 1.79)	0.881	1.03 (0.58, 1.82)	0.928	3.31 (1.88, 5.81)	<0.001*	1.35 (1.05, 1.73)	0.020*
Anaemia	1.55 (1.34, 1.80)	<0.001*	1.64 (1.40, 1.93)	<0.001*	1.36 (1.17, 1.58)	<0.001*	1.24 (1.16, 1.33)	<0.001*

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