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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios for risk factors for anaemia

From: Malaria morbidity and immunity among residents of villages with different Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in North-Eastern Tanzania

Explanatory variable

Crude odds ratio (95% Cl)

p-value

Adjusted odds ratio (95% Cl)

p-value

Age group (years)

    

0–2

21.38 (8.36–54.65)

<0.001

20.41 (7.44 – 56.0)

<0.001

3–4

7.38 (2.82–19.25)

<0.001

5.42 (1.93–15.20)

<0.001

5–9

3.43 (1.36–8.66)

0.009

2.18 (0.82–5.81)

0.118

10–14

1.86 (0.70–4.99)

0.215

1.51 (0.54–4.27)

0.435

15–19

1

 

1

 

Sex

    

Male

1.04 (0.70 – 1.54)

0.85

1.16 (0.71 – 1.90)

0.551

Female

1

 

1

 

Village

    

Mgome

19.99 (7.08–56.42)

<0.001

15.55 (4.78–50.65)

<0.001

Ubiri

8.02 (2.80–23.82)

<0.001

6.44 (2.08–19.92)

0.001

Magamba

1

 

1

 

Parasites

    

P. falciparum

3.77 (2.44 – 5.83)

<0.001

2.0 (1.11–3.62)

0.021

Hookworm

1.41 (0.83–2.39)

0.201

1.43 (0.76–2.69)

0.264

Ascariasis

0.86 (0.52–1.44)

0.564

1.04 (0.54–1.92)

0.952

Amoeba

0.16 (0.02–1.20)

0.074

0.16 (0.02–1347)

0.091

Schistosoma

0.42 (0.12–1.46)

0.174

0.28 (0.07–1.20)

0.086