Table 8 Bivariate analysis of associations between malaria infection status determined by rapid diagnostic tests and predictive factors
Predictive factors | Positive (n = 21) | Negative (n = 849) | Positive rate (%) | P valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Individual level factors | ||||||
 Age (years) | ||||||
  <15 | 14 | 66.7 | 445 | 52.4 | 3.1 | 0.196 |
  ≥15 | 7 | 33.3 | 404 | 47.6 | 1.7 | |
 Gender | ||||||
  Female | 11 | 52.4 | 459 | 54.1 | 2.3 | 0.879 |
  Male | 10 | 47.6 | 390 | 45.9 | 2.5 | |
 Working forest at night | ||||||
  No | 20 | 95.2 | 817 | 96.2 | 2.4 | 0.560 |
  Yes | 1 | 4.8 | 32 | 3.8 | 3.0 | |
 Fever episode in the last 2 weeks | ||||||
  No | 17 | 81.0 | 782 | 92.1 | 2.1 | 0.084 |
  Yes | 4 | 19.0 | 67 | 7.9 | 5.6 | |
Household level factors | ||||||
 Person-per-net ratio | ||||||
  ≤2.5 | 8 | 38.1 | 412 | 48.3 | 1.9 | 0.230 |
  >2.5 and <4.0 | 9 | 42.9 | 227 | 26.7 | 3.8 | |
  ≥4.0 or no net | 2 | 9.5 | 154 | 18.1 | 1.3 | |
  Unknown | 2 | 9.5 | 58 | 6.8 | 3.3 | |
 Number of household members | ||||||
  <5 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 0.171 |
  5–7 | 11 | 52.4 | 376 | 44.3 | 2.8 | |
  ≥8 | 10 | 47.6 | 354 | 41.7 | 2.7 | |
 Household with at least one additional infected member | ||||||
  No | 16 | 76.2 | 839 | 98.8 | 1.9 | <0.001 |
  Yes | 5 | 23.8 | 10 | 1.2 | 33.3 | |