Effectiveness of insecticidal nets on uncomplicated clinical malaria: a case–control study for operational evaluation

Table 4 Association between uncomplicated clinical malaria and sleeping under an LLIN adjusted on other variables, Djougou–Copargo–Ouake health district

Variables	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
Sleeping every night under an LLIN for the 2 weeks before the survey
Sometimes or never	1
Every night	0.45 (0.28–0.72)^a 0.84 (0.64–1.10)^b
Children age group (month)
24–60	1
0–23	0.24 (0.19–0.31)
Mother or guardian age group (year)
<25	1.02 (0.76–1.38)
25–35	1
≥35	1.41 (1.06–1.87)
Knowing mosquitoes transmit malaria
No	1
Yes	0.71 (0.54–0.93)

Multivariate conditional logistic regression taking into account clustering effect was done
^a,bAdjusted OR on children’s age, mother’s age and knowing mosquitoes transmit malaria
^aAdjusted OR for group of children whose mother have been at primary school at least
^bAdjusted OR for group of children whose mother have never been at school

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