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Table 3 Malaria outcomes and factors commonly associated with malaria stratified by age group

From: Use of different transmission metrics to describe malaria epidemiology in the highlands of western Kenya

 

≤5 years

5.1–10 years

10.1–15 years

15.1–20 years

>20 years

%

95 % CI

%

95 % CI

%

95 % CI

%

95 % CI

%

95 % CI

Malaria outcomes

 RDT Pos

4.1

2.7–5.4

6.1

4.2–8.0

4.0

2.2–5.8

2.6

1.0–4.5

1.0

0.4–1.4

 PCR Pos

7.8

5.9–9.7

13.1

10.4–15.7

10.4

7.5–13.2

10.6

6.9–14.4

6.0

4.8–7.2

 Sub-patent

51.3

39.7–63.0

61.5

51.3–71.7

61.8

48.6–75.1

78.1

63.0–93.3

73.3

64.7–81.9

Malaria factors

 Bed net use

60.7

57.3–64.1

61.1

57.3–65.0

55.6

51.0–60.2

56.5

50.6–62.5

61.9

59.4–64.4

 Travel

2.5

1.4–3.6

1.7

0.6–2.7

1.4

0.3–2.5

3.9

1.5–6.3

9.0

7.5–10.5

 Anaemic

41.6

38.2–45.0

22.9

19.6–26.3

13.9

10.7–17.1

16.8

12.3–21.4

23.3

21.1–25.5

  1. Data includes the corresponding 95 % CI