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Table 6 Stratified analysis by travel to malarious lowlands for predictors of malaria in villages around Lake Tana, Ethiopia, October 2016–June 2017

From: Travel to farms in the lowlands and inadequate malaria information significantly predict malaria in villages around Lake Tana, northwest Ethiopia: a matched case–control study

Variables

COR

Travel to malarious lowlands

Adjusted (Mantel–Haenszel)

Travel history (OR)

No travel history (OR)

ORMH

95% CI

X2MH

p value

Age

1

0

0.82

0.8

0.57–1.13

1.02

0.3123

Marital status

1.62

0.93

1.45

1.32

0.86–2.04

0.66

0.4182

Occupation

1.19

1.34

0.92

0.99

0.63–1.57

0.41

0.5242

Educational status

1.34

1.24

1.21

1.21

0.88–1.68

0

0.9725

HH size

1.1

0.99

1.18

1.16

0.84–1.60

0.11

0.7423

HH wealth index

1.29

1.21

1.26

1.26

0.89–1.78

0.01

0.9375

Roofing materials

0.62

0.38

0.66

0.61

0.32–1.17

0.36

0.547

Open eaves in the roof

0.86

1.02

0.79

0.82

0.50–1.33

0.13

0.7152

Wall building materials

0.71

0

1.09

0.77

0.22–2.73

1.23

0.2669

Flooring materials

0.44

0

0.58

0.45

0.13–1.60

0.71

0.401

Number of rooms

1.11

1.14

1.26

1.25

0.88–1.76

0.04

0.8482

Separate kitchen

1.09

0.9

1.04

1.02

0.73–1.43

0.08

0.7838

Tethering of cattle, goats and sheep

1.08

0.74

1.09

1.03

0.71–1.51

0.45

0.5

Travel history within the study area

1.47

0.29

1.18

1.03

0.68–1.56

3.08

0.0792

HH member travel to malarious lowlands

3.46

2.6

2.56

2.58

1.16–5.74

0

0.9841

Visiting traditional healers

0.84

0.93

0.79

0.8

0.53–1.22

0.08

0.7788

HMM

1.14

0.9

0.92

0.91

0.54–1.54

0

0.9821

Received health education on malaria

1.54

2.43

1.31

1.42

1.00–1.99

1.32

0.2508

LLIN ownership

1.26

1.07

1.16

1.15

0.80–1.64

0.02

0.8749

IRS

0.98

2.19

1

1.13

0.78–1.65

2.12

0.1453

HH elevation

0.8

0.28

0.93

0.67

0.32–1.40

2.05

0.1526

House proximity to health centre

0.71

0.56

0.75

0.73

0.50–1.05

0.25

0.6138

House proximity to Lake Tana

1.3

1.54

1.37

1.4

0.73–2.69

0.02

0.8918

House proximity to water body 1

0.71

0.98

0.73

0.77

0.37–1.62

0.09

0.7599

House proximity to water body 2

1.21

1.7

1.26

1.34

0.56–3.19

0.08

0.7812

  1. ORMH adjusted odds ratio using Mantel–Haenszel method, COR crude odds ratio, X2MH Mantel–Haenszel Chi square value