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Table 3 Factors related to parasitaemia in Rufiji district by wards

From: Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey

 

Districtwide

Ikwiriri

Kibiti

Bungu

Chumbi

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Gender

 Female

Baseline

 

 Male

1.1

1.0–1.3

0.130

1.1

0.8–1.7

0.500

1.1

0.8–1.5

0.580

1.4

1.1–1.8

0.010

0.9

0.7–1.2

0.572

Age group

 < 5

Baseline

 

 5–15

1.4

1.2–1.8

0.000

1.6

1.0–2.7

0.056

1.5

1.03–2.1

0.036

1.5

1.1–2.2

0.018

1.4

0.9–2.1

0.096

 > 15

0.4

0.3–0.5

0.000

0.5

0.3–1.0

0.045

0.3

0.1–0.5

0.000

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.018

0.4

0.3–0.6

0.000

Socio-economic status

 Poorest

Baseline

 

 Second

0.7

0.5–0.9

0.007

0.6

0.3–1.4

0.273

0.7

0.4–1.2

0.179

0.8

0.5–1.4

0.474

0.7

0.4–1.2

0.164

 Third

0.6

0.5–0.8

0.005

0.7

0.3–1.6

0.395

0.6

0.3–1.0

0.040

0.6

0.4–1.1

0.097

1.1

0.7–1.7

0.725

 Fourth

0.5

0.4–0.7

0.000

0.6

0.2–1.3

0.196

0.4

0.2–0.6

0.001

0.7

0.4–1.3

0.248

0.8

0.4–1.6

0.388

 Least poor

0.3

0.2–0.4

0.000

0.4

0.2–1.0

0.043

0.3

0.2–0.5

0.000

0.3

0.1–0.7

0.003

0.8

0.4–1.6

0.535

Fever presence

 No

Baseline

 

 Yes

2.4

1.9–2.9

0.000

2.1

1.2–3.7

0.015

3.2

2.1–4.8

0.000

1.8

1.2–2.8

0.009

1.5

1.1–2.1

0.012

ITN use

 No

Baseline

 

 Yes

0.6

0.5–0.7

0.002

0.6

0.4–0.9

0.045

0.6

0.4–0.8

0.001

0.6

0.4–0.8

0.004

0.8

0.6–1.1

0.159