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Table 5 Prevalence of anaemia during the three surveys

From: Long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying may not be sufficient to eliminate malaria in a low malaria incidence area: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia

Surveys

Number of anaemia cases (haemoglobin < 11 g/dl

Mean haemoglobin (g/dl)

Anaemia prevalence

OR (95% CI)

(95% CI)

Percent (95% CI)

Survey 1: December 2014

 LLINs + IRS

199

11.74 (11.63–11.85)

26.8 (23.8–30.1)

1

 LLINs only

220

11.52 (11.39–11.64)

28.2 (25.5–31.9)

1.09 (0.87–1.37)

 IRS only

199

11.54 (11.42–11.68)

29.1 (25.8–32.6)

1.12 (0.89–1.41)

 Control arm

223

11.54 (11.42–11.65)

28.3 (25.2–31.6)

1.08 (0.86–1.35)

All

841

11.59 (11.53–11.65)

28.2 (26.6–29.8)

 

Survey 2: December 2015

 LLINs + IRS

310

11.13 (11.01–11.24)

38.1 (34.8–41.5)

1

 LLINs only

282

11.22 (11.10–11.34)

35.0 (31.8–38.4)

0.88 (0.72–1.07)

 IRS only

272

11.20 (11.07–11.32)

38.5 (35.0–42.2)

1.02 (0.83–1.25)

 Control arm

287

11.38 (11.27–11.50)

35.8 (32.5–39.2)

0.91 (0.74–1.11)

All

1151

11.23 (11.17–1129)

36.8 (35.1–38.5)

 

Survey 3: December 2016

 LLINs + IRS

240

11.58 (11.48–11.69)

29.5 (26.5–32.8)

1

 LLINs only

227

11.55 (11.45–11.66)

31.1 (27.8–34.6)

1.08 (0.87–1.34)

 IRS only

192

11.62 (11.52–11.73)

28.8 (25.4–32.2)

0.96 (0.77–1.20)

 Control

236

11.57 (11.47–11.67)

29.7 (26.7–33.0)

1.01 (0.81–1.25)

All

895

11.58 (11.53–11.63)

29.8 (28.2–31.4)