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Table 4 Effect of house roof on Plasmodium falciparum infection among children

From: Housing conditions and Plasmodium falciparum infection: protective effect of iron-sheet roofed houses

    

Crude

**Adjusted

Roof

n

cases

Prevalence

Odds Ratio

95%CI

Odds Ratio

95%CI

*Iron-sheet

126

16

12.7

1

 

1

 

Mud

498

129

25.9

2.4

(1.3–4.2)

2.6

(1.4–4.7)

Grass

37

6

16.2

1.3

(0.4–3.6)

1.7

(0.5–5.0)

Total

661

151

22.8

    
  1. * Reference category, ** Controlled for site, bednet use and presence of breeding site, well, animal enclosure