Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of demographic factors associated with infection
From: Malaria prevalence in Mangaluru city area in the southwestern coastal region of India
Infection | χ2 | P value | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Present | Absent | ||||||
n | % | n | % | ||||
Gender | |||||||
Female | 120 | 26.7 | 153 | 33.9 | 5.52 | 0.019 | 1.40 (1.05–1.87) |
Male | 329 | 73.3 | 298 | 66.1 | |||
Age (years) | |||||||
2–15 | 26 | 5.8 | 35 | 7.8 | 6.99 | 0.136 | NS |
16–30 | 157 | 35.0 | 167 | 37.0 | |||
31–45 | 172 | 38.3 | 158 | 35.0 | |||
46–60 | 82 | 18.3 | 68 | 15.1 | |||
61–75 | 12 | 2.7 | 23 | 5.1 | |||
Infecting parasite species | |||||||
P. vivax | 367 | 81.7 | 0 | ||||
P. falciparum | 67 | 14.9 | 0 | ||||
Mixed (Pv and Pf) | 15 | 3.4 | 0 | ||||
Education | |||||||
Uneducated | 179 | 39.9 | 158 | 35.0 | 3.55 | 0.314 | NS |
Primary | 167 | 37.2 | 176 | 39.0 | |||
Secondary | 94 | 20.9 | 111 | 24.6 | |||
College education | 9 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.3 | |||
Occupation | |||||||
Construction worker | 250 | 55.7 | 189 | 41.9 | 20.57 | 0.008 | 2.09 (1.21–3.61) |
Hotel worker | 17 | 3.8 | 25 | 5.5 | 0.856 | 1.07 (0.48–2.39) | |
Porter | 40 | 8.9 | 36 | 8.0 | 0.104 | 1.7 (0.89–3.47) | |
Student | 24 | 5.3 | 38 | 8.4 | |||
Others | 118 | 26.3 | 163 | 36 | 0.635 | 1.14 (0.65–2.01) | |