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Table 2 Association of age, sex and altitude with malaria seropositive, Ethiopia (June 2016)

From: Quantifying malaria endemicity in Ethiopia through combined application of classical methods and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: an initial step for countries with low transmission initiating elimination programme

Variables

Prevalence of malaria antibody (%)

p-value

OR

95% CI

Sex of child

 Male

20.9

0.212

1.29

0.86–1.93

 Female

16.3

  

1

Altitude above sea level (m)

 < 1500

25.8

0.001

5.86

2.05–16.70

 1500–200

15.5

0.044

2.97

1.03–8.53

 > 2000

5.6

  

1

Age of child (years)

 < 5

13.1

0.003

0.51

0.33–0.79

 ≥ 5

22.1

  

1

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