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Table 2 Predictor for PI (progressive stepwise (pr 0.10) backward pe (0.05) model) in asymptomatic children of two health areas of Mont Ngafula1, Kinshasa, DRC, 2012

From: The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Population N = 700

Cité Pumbu n = 372

Kindele n = 328

Variables

aOR

p value

aOR

p value

OR

p value

Age (Months)

      

≤12

1

 

1

   

>12

3.8

0.01

5.1

0.003

  

Anaemia

      

No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Yes

3.4

<0.001

3.4

<0.001

2.8

0.001

Chronic malnutrition

      

No

1

     

Yes

1.8

0.01

    

Status of the parent/guardians

      

In couple

1

     

Single

1.6

0.04

    

Education of the parents/guardians

      

University

  

1

   

Below university level

  

3.8

0.04

  

Slept under ITN

      

Yes

1

 

1

   

No

1.7

0.04

2.2

0.01

  
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Malaria Journal

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