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Table 1 Risk factors associated with malaria incidence

From: Spatial and temporal variation in malaria transmission in a low endemicity area in northern Tanzania

 

Malaria incidence

   
 

Crude OR

p-value

Adjusted OR

p-value

Distance to breeding site

0.95 (0.91–0.98)

0.003

0.96 (0.92–0.998)

0.04

Age

    

   under 5 yrs

2.44 (1.46–4.06)

0.001

2.36 (1.41–3.97)

0.001

   5–14 yrs

3.80 (2.51–5.75)

< 0.001

3.68 (2.42–5.61)

<0.001

   15 yrs and older

1.0 reference

 

1.0 reference

 

Window screen

    

   Yes

0.586 (0.41–0.84)

0.03

0.65 (0.44–0.94)

0.023

   No

1.0 reference

 

1.0 reference

 

Window size

    

   Big/medium (<50 cm2)

1.431 (0.944–2.171)

0.092

1.328 (0.859–2.054)

0.202

   Small/no window (>50 cm2)

1.0 reference

 

1.0 reference

 
  1. Crude and adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) are represented with a 95% confidence interval between brackets.