From: Antimalarial drug use in general populations of tropical Africa
Variables | N* | CQ+† | Prevalence of presence of CQ‡ % | crude OR | 95%CI | p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 1524 | 618 | 41 | 1.00 | |||
Female | 1528 | 644 | 42 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 1.26 | 0.458 | |
Age | 2–5 years old | 1419 | 691 | 49 | 1.00 | |||
6–9 years old | 1633 | 571 | 35 | 0.74 | 0.63 | 0.89 | 0.001 | |
Fever during the preceeding 3 days | without | 2252 | 852 | 38 | 1.00 | |||
with | 800 | 410 | 51 | 1.24 | 1.02 | 1.50 | 0.032 | |
Antimalarial treatment during the preceding 7 days | no | 2652 | 995 | 38 | 1.00 | |||
yes | 400 | 267 | 67 | 1.90 | 1.46 | 2.47 | 0.000 | |
Travel during the preceding 30 days | no | 2930 | 1203 | 41 | 1.00 | |||
yes | 122 | 59 | 48 | 1.52 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 0.048 | |
Malaria infection | no | 974 | 466 | 48 | 1.00 | |||
yes | 1939 | 718 | 37 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0.74 | 0.000 | |
Asexual Plasmodium falciparum infections | no | 1094 | 518 | 47 | 1.00 | |||
yes | 1819 | 666 | 37 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.000 |