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Table 2 Associations between malaria test positivity and characteristics of individuals tested for malaria at TPC hospital

From: Ten years of monitoring malaria trend and factors associated with malaria test positivity rates in Lower Moshi

Variable

COR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)

p-value

Age categories

 0–5

0.78 (0.59–1.03)

0.085

0.78 (0.59–1.03)

0.083

 6–15

1.64 (1.27–2.12)

0.001

1.65 (1.28–2.13)

0.001

 16–30

1.48 (1.17–1.88)

0.001

1.49 (1.17–1.89)

0.001

 31–45

1.13 (0.88–1.45)

0.351

1.13 (0.88–1.45)

0.329

 46–65

1

 

1

 

 66 + 

1.03 (0.72–1.45)

0.884

1.32 (0.72–1.48)

0.858

Gender

 Female

1

 

1

 

 Male

1.12 (0.98–1.28)

0.083

1.54 (1.00–1.31)

0.044

  1. COR crude odds ratios, AOR adjusted odds ratios