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Table 3 Determinants for PCR positive result and high parasitaemia in logistic regression analysis at individual level

From: Malaria determining risk factors at the household level in two rural villages of mainland Equatorial Guinea

Response variable

PCR positive result

High parasitaemia

OR

95% CI

P-value

OR

95% CI

P-value

Age

0.979

0.967–0.991

0.001

0.947

0.907–0.989

0.014

IRSa

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.854

0.398–1.831

0.685

5.683

0.953–33.885

0.056

Bed netb

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

0.794

0.411–1.531

0.490

0.898

0.902–4.397

0.898

Animalsc

 No

1

  

1

  

 Yes

1.150

0.534–2.477

0.721

0.053

0.010–0.288

0.001

  1. Italic values indicate significance of P value (P < 0.05)
  2. aIndoor residual spraying
  3. bPeople sleeping under a bed net the night before
  4. cAnimals in the vicinity of the house
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