Skip to main content

Table 5 Prevalence of malaria and anaemia in under-five children in the intervention and control villages (n = 2410) in Gilgel Gibe Field Research Centre.

From: Effect of training on the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets on the burden of malaria among vulnerable groups, south-west Ethiopia: baseline results of a cluster randomized trial

Variable

Intervention Gots No (%)

Control Gots No (%)

Adjusted OR(95%CI)*

Malaria parasitaemia

  

1.28(0.97,1.69)

   Yes

127(10.5)

100(8.3)

 

   No

1080(89.5)

1103(91.7)

 

Species of malaria parasite

  

1.10(0.62,1.90)

   Plasmodium falciparum

52(40.9)

38(38.0)

 

   Plasmodium vivax

75(59.1)

60(60.0)

 

Fever

  

1.36(1.14,1.63)†

   Yes

380(31.5)

304(25.3)

 

   No

827(68.5)

899(74.7)

 

Clinical Malaria

  

1.47(0.95,2.27)

   Yes

52(4.3)

36(3.0)

 

   No

1155(95.7)

1167(97.0)

 

Anaemia

  

0.75(0.62,0.85)†

   Yes

352(29.2)

428(35.6)

 

   No

855(70.8)

775(64.4)

 

Severe Anaemia

   

   Yes

12(1.0)

20(1.7)

0.58(0.28,1.20

   No

1190(99.0)

1181(98.3)

 

Malarial Anaemia

  

0.81(0.53,1.24)

   Yes

40(3.3)

50(4.2)

 

   No

1159(96)

1138(94.6)

 
  1. *Adjusted for age, sex and birth order of children
  2. †P-value < 0.05