Spatial prediction of malaria prevalence in an endemic area of Bangladesh

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Risk factors.

			Bivariate logistic regression
Variables	N (Population screened for RDT)	No. of malaria positives (%)	OR	95% CI	P-Value
Sex
Female	416	55 (16.47)	1
Male	334	61 (14.66)	1.14	0.77 - 1.71	0.497
Age
0-4	49	15 (30.61)	1
5-14	154	48 (31.17)	1.03	0.51 - 2.06	0.942
15-49	436	46 (10.55)	0.27	0.14 - 0.53	0.001
≥ 50	111	7 (6.31)	0.15	0.06 - 0.41	0.001
Education
No	347	58 (16.71)	1
Yes	403	58 (14.39)	0.84	0.56 -- 1.24	0.381
Economic status
All the year deficient	126	16 (12.70)	1
Deficient sometimes	268	37 (13.81)	1.10	0.59 - 2.07	0.764
Neither deficient nor surplus	239	46 (19.25)	1.64	0.89 - 3.03	0.116
Surplus	117	17 (14.53)	1.17	0.56 - 2.44	0.677
Number of bed net
≤ 2	87	14 (16.09)	1
≥ 2	663	102 (15.38)	0.95	0.52 -- 1.74	0.864
Forest
Woodlot	32	4 (12.50)	0.98	0.33 - 2.95	0.974
Fragmented forest	315	40 (12.70)	1
Deep forest	403	72 (17.87)	1.5	0.98 - 2.27	0.059
Altitude
1 - 44	199	25 (12.56)	1
45 -- 54	193	31 (16.06)	1.33	0.75 - 2.35	0.323
55 -- 64	185	29 (15.68)	1.29	0.73 - 2.30	0.381
65+	173	31 (17.92)	1.52	0.86 - 2.69	0.151

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