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Table 5 Multivariable predictors of households with high proportion of household members with MM-detectable infections (> 50%), adjusted for mean age in the household

From: The epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, pre- and post-implementation of national malaria control efforts

Predictors of households with a high proportion of MM-detectable infections

2005 (Nhh = 659)

aOR

[95% CI]

p-value

Proportion of hh members reporting use of bed net

0.4

[0.2–0.8]

0.012

Moderate or severe anaemia in the hh

1.0

[0.6–1.7]

0.95

Microscopic infections in the hh

5.9

[3.8–9.1]

< 0.001

Gametocyte carrier (by LM) in the hh

3.7

[1.4–9.4]

0.007

2012–2013 (Nhh = 430)

aOR

[95% CI]

p-value

Clinical case in the hh

2.6

[1.0–6.9]

0.05

Microscopic infections in the hh

4.8

[1.4–16.4]

0.012

Gametocyte carrier (by LM) in the hh

3.8

[1.4–10.6]

0.011

Ilhaita_4 (reference)

1.0

  

Sunuhu

34.9

[4.1–299.3]

0.001

Urita

1.7

[0.1–30.1]

0.733

Salata

7.2

[0.8–65.5]

0.078

Waragom

4.3

[0.4–51.2]

0.246

Jama

1.7

[0.1–30.2]

0.725

Sengo

1.8

[0.2–19.5]

0.610

Maiwi

7.7

[0.6–107.8]

0.129

Ilhaita_3

No high rate households

Malba_1

No high rate households

Malba_2

No high rate households

Yenigo

No high rate households

Wapindumaka

No high rate households

Wombisa

No high rate households

  1. CI confidence interval, hh household, LM light microscopy, MM molecular method, Nhh number of households
  2. Italics p-values are considered statistically significant (p < 0.05)