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Table 1 Results of the bivariate logistic regression model for P. falciparum infections among 3,962 children from 55 rural schools in the Man region, western Côte d'Ivoire.

From: Spatially-explicit risk profiling of Plasmodium falciparum infections at a small scale: a geostatistical modelling approach

Indicators

P. falciparum infection prevalence

 

ORa

95% CI

P-value (AICb)

Age (years)

   

   6–10

1

  

   11–16

0.70

0.61, 0.8

<0.001

Socioeconomic status

   

   Most poor

1

  

   Very poor

1.04

0.84, 1.28

 

   Poor

1.24

1.01, 1.53

 

   Less poor

0.95

0.77, 1.16

 

   Least poor

0.86

0.70, 1.06

0.011

Sleeping under a bed net

0.79

0.65, 0.98

0.030

Distance to health care facility

1.17

1.09, 1.25

<0.001

NDVI

   

   Mean Ic

0.96

0.91, 1.03

0.333

   Mean IId

1.05

0.99, 1.12

0.131 (5139)

   Mean IIIe

0.96

0.90, 1.03

0.228

   Annual mean

1.20

1.12, 1.29

<0.001 (5110)

   Mean of the transmission season

1.19

1.11, 1.27

<0.001 (5114)

RFE

   

   Mean Ic

0.88

0.82, 0.94

<0.001 (5126)

   Mean IId

1.04

0.97, 1.11

0.289

   Mean IIIe

1.13

1.05, 1.20

<0.001 (5129)

   Sum of annual rainfall

1.11

1.04, 1.18

0.003 (5132)

   Mean of the transmission seasonf

1.14

1.07, 1.21

<0.001 (5125)

Maximum LST

1.03

0.96, 1.09

0.449

Distance to rivers (categorized)

   

   <500 m

1

  

   500–999 m

1.22

1.03, 1.46

 

   = 1000 m

0.63

0.54, 0.74

<0.001

  1. aOR: odds ratio
  2. bAIC: Akaike information criterion. The smaller the AIC the better the model performance
  3. cMean I: Mean value during the month prior to blood sample collection
  4. dMean II: Mean value during the month of collection and the previous month
  5. eMean III: Mean value during the month of collection and the two previous months
  6. fThe main transmission season of malaria is from June to August