Table 2 Distribution of clinical malaria in the study population stratified according to study site, age and gender
Parameter | n | Clinical malaria present n (%) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
χ2 | p value | aχ2 | p value | |||
Study site | ||||||
 Bamenda | 133 | 18 (13.5) | 13.745 | 0.008 |  |  |
 Limbe | 140 | 31 (22.1) |  |  | ||
 Yaounde | 127 | 22 (17.3) |  |  | ||
 Maroua | 72 | 4 (5.6) | 73.866 | < 0.0001 | ||
 Ngaoundere | 126 | 13 (10.3) |  |  | ||
Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | Â | Â | ||
Age (years) | ||||||
 < 5 | 292 | 32 (11.0) | 7.221 | 0.027 |  |  |
 5–9 | 204 | 40 (19.6) |  |  | ||
 ≥ 10 | 106 | 16 (15.1) | 7.521 | 0.023 | ||
Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | Â | Â | ||
Gender | ||||||
 Females | 283 | 48 (16.9) | 2.349 | 0.125 |  |  |
 Males | 319 | 40 (12.5) | 0.254 | 0.614 | ||
Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | Â | Â | ||