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Table 2 Factors associated with malaria parasite prevalence or antibody prevalence

From: Factors associated with high heterogeneity of malaria at fine spatial scale in the Western Kenyan highlands

 

Parasite prevalence

Antibody prevalence

 

ORa

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)a

ORa

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)a

Individual characteristics

Age ( years)

 ≤5

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 6–10

1.27 (1.13–1.42)

1.26 (1.10–1.46)

1.88 (1.71–2.06)

2.35 (2.10–2.63)

 11–15

1.22 (1.07–1.39)

1.25 (1.08–1.47)

3.51 (3.17–3.89)

4.70 (4.15–5.33)

 16–25

0.92 (0.81–1.04)

0.89 (0.76–1.04)

4.57 (4.13–5.07)

6.57 (5.79–7.46)

 ≥26

0.64 (0.57–0.73)

0.61 (0.53–0.71)

4.33 (3.97–4.72)

6.05 (5.43–6.73)

Bed net use

0.79 (0.71–0.88)

0.82 (0.72–0.93)

0.85 (0.79–0.93)

0.89 (0.81–0.98)

House structure

 Mud wall

1.46 (1.25–1.71)

1.26 (1.05–1.50)

1.14 (1.03–1.27)

 

 Open eaves

1.25 (1.10–1.41)

1.16 (1.01–1.34)

1.28 (1.17–1.39)

1.33 (1.21–1.46)

Environment

Distance to water

 <250 m

1 (reference)

 

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 250–500 m

1.04 (0.89–1.22)

 

0.97 (0.87–1.09)

1.04 (0.92–1.19)

 500–999 m

0.83 (0.71–0.96)

 

0.66 (0.59–0.74)

0.91 (0.80–1.03)

 1000 m+

0.78 (0.62–0.98)

 

0.44 (0.38–0.52)

0.81 (0.67–0.97)

Altitude (m)

 1350–1449

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

1 (reference)

 1450–1499

0.63 (0.55–0.72)

0.84 (0.72–0.98)

0.83 (0.75–0.91)

0.90 (0.81–1.01)

 1500–1549

0.52 (0.45–0.61)

0.68 (0.56–0.81)

0.57 (0.51–0.64)

0.79 (0.69–0.89)

 1550–1650

0.25 (0.17–0.37)

0.43 (0.28–0.66)

0.28 (0.23–0.35)

0.71 (0.56–0.90)

Parasite prevalence 500 m radius

1.06 (1.05–1.06)

1.07 (1.06–1.07)

1.03 (1.02–1.03)

 

Antibody prevalence 500 m radius

1.02 (1.02–1.03)

 

1.04 (1.03–1.04)

1.04 (1.03–1.04)

TWI (minimum)

  

1.91 (1.70–2.16)

1.23 (1.06–1.41)

TWI (mean)

  

2.16 (1.94–2.41)

 

TWI (maximum)

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

0.97 (0.95–1.00)

1.09 (1.07–1.10)

 
  1. aAdjusted for clustering on compound level. The odds ratio and 95 % confidence interval of household and geographical factors in relation to antibody prevalence, after adjustment for age and clustering of observations; TWI is topographical wetness index