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Table 2 Odds ratio (OR) of having parasitaemia by age groups and fever/control groups. Health facility-based surveys.

From: Rapid urban malaria appraisal (RUMA) I: Epidemiology of urban malaria in Ouagadougou

Malaria prevalence

Fever

Controls

Fever

Controls

Age groups

  

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Infants 0–1 year

7/58 (12.1%)

3/21 (14.3%)

1

-

-

1

-

-

Children 1–5 years

45/174 (25.9%)

15/104 (14.4%)

2.54

1.08–6.00

<0.05

1.01

0.27–3.86

0.987

Children 6–15 years

23/62 (37.1%)

20/58 (34.5%)

4.30

1.67–11.03

<0.005

3.16

0.83–12.02

0.092

Adults >15 years

48/266 (18.0%)

72/363 (19.8%)

1.60

0.69–3.75

0.276

1.48

0.43–5.18

0.535