Malaria Journal

Table 4 Multivariate predictors of malarial infections in study populations.

From: High sensitivity detection of Plasmodium species reveals positive correlations between infections of different species, shifts in age distribution and reduced local variation in Papua New Guinea

		Light microscopy				LDR – FMA
		Pf	Pv	Pm	All	Pf	Pv	Pm	Po	All
Bednet coverage¹	AOR	0.90***		0.62***	0.78***	0.79***		0.69***	0.80***	0.80***
	CL₉₅	[0.85,0.95]		[0.55,0.70]	[0.74,0.82]	[0.74,0.83]		[0.64,0.74]	[0.72,0.90]	[0.74,0.85]
Bednet coverage > 90%	AOR		0.43***				0.63***
	CL₉₅		[0.34,0.56]				[0.53,0.74]
Mother speaks English	AOR	0.56***			0.77*	0.61***		0.50**
	CL₉₅	[0.41,0.76]			[0.59,0.99]	[0.47,0.7]		[0.41,0.93]
Mother > 6 yrs education	AOR						0.72*			0.64**
	CL₉₅						[0.53,0.99]			[0.46,0.88]
Economic Status
Medium	AOR	0.74*
	CL₉₅	[0.58,0.93]
High	AOR	0.59***			0.82*	0.75**				0.77**
	CL₉₅	[0.46,0.75]			[0.69,0.98]	[0.47,0.79]				[0.64,0.93]
No windows	AOR					1.36*
	CL₉₅					[1.04,1.78]
Screened windows	AOR							0.33***
	CL₉₅							[0.17,0.67]
Walls from Sago palm	AOR							0.46*
	CL₉₅							[0.24,0.89]
Modern toilet²	AOR									0.66*
	CL₉₅									[0.45,0.97]

¹ Effect associated with a 10% increase in net use among all participants in study village
² Flush toilet or pit latrine with cement floor
AOR: Age-adjusted odd-ratio, CL₉₅: 95% confidence limit. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.

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