Table 3 Factors associated with treatment failure among asymptomatic parasitaemic women treated with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine at day 0

Treatment failure, uncorrected by PCR

ITN use last night (reference: no ITN use last night)

0.54

0.32

0.92

0.02

0.67

0.38

1.16

0.16

Age: comparing >20 years to ≤20 years

0.68

0.44

1.06

0.09

Schooling years (continuous)

1.01

0.94

1.09

0.72

Log parasite density (continuous)

0.96

0.79

1.17

0.70

Gravidity: comparing multigravid to primigravid

0.48

0.31

0.74

<0.001

0.53

0.34

0.83

0.006

Treatment failure, corrected by PCR

ITN use last night (reference: no ITN use last night)

0.54

0.27

1.09

0.09

0.73

0.35

1.52

0.40

Age: comparing >20 years to ≤20 years

0.62

0.35

1.10

0.10

Schooling years (continuous)

1.05

0.95

1.15

0.35

Log parasite density (continuous)

0.97

0.75

1.25

0.79

Gravidity: comparing multigravid to primigravid

0.41

0.23

0.73

0.002

0.45

0.25

0.82

0.009