Skip to main content

Table 2 Odds ratios for risk factors associated with presence of P. falciparum adjusted for effect of age in each stratum.

From: Epidemiology of malaria in an area prepared for clinical trials in Korogwe, north-eastern Tanzania

Strata

Variable

OR

95% CI

 

P-value

Lowland rural

SES-medium

1.744

1.371

2.217

< 0.001

 

SES-low

1.895

1.484

2.42

< 0.001

 

Short rains

1.309

1.168

1.466

< 0.001

 

bed net use

0.619

0.543

0.705

< 0.001

 

CORPs

1.079

0.928

1.256

0.322

Lowland urban

     
 

SES-medium

2.299

1.713

3.084

< 0.001

 

SES-low

3.896

2.818

5.387

< 0.001

 

Short rains

0.970

0.810

1.162

0.740

 

bed net use

0.758

0.611

0.939

0.011

Highlands

     
 

SES-medium

2.118

0.817

5.487

0.122

 

SES-low

2.441

0.976

6.109

0.057

 

Short rains

1.184

0.877

1.597

0.271

 

bed net use

0.694

0.481

1.001

0.051

 

CORPs

0.425

0.290

0.623

< 0.001