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Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of risk factors for imported versus autochthonous malaria cases, Roraima state, 2016–2020

From: Changing transmission dynamics among migrant, indigenous and mining populations in a malaria hotspot in Northern Brazil: 2016 to 2020

Characteristic

 

Imported Cases

Autochthonous Cases

chi-square p-value

Adjusted OR

no. cases

percent

no. cases

percent

AOR

95% CI

p-value

Age group (years)

0–4

633

4.13

9,380

11.87

 < 0.0001

1.00

  
 

5–9

427

2.79

9,092

11.51

 

0.70

0.61, 0.80

 < 0.001

 

10–19

1,600

10.45

17,509

22.16

 

0.81

0.73, 0.91

 < 0.001

 

20–29

4,613

30.12

14,716

18.62

 

1.11

1.00, 1.24

0.05

 

30–39

3,946

25.77

11,625

14.71

 

1.13

1.01, 1.26

0.03

 

40–49

2,518

16.44

8,178

10.35

 

1.09

0.96, 1.21

0.16

 

50 + 

1,576

10.29

8,526

10.79

 

0.88

0.78, 0.99

0.04

 

Median age

 

30.8

 

22.21

    

Sex

Female

5,408

34.68

31,498

38.65

 < 0.0001

1.00

  
 

Male

10,184

65.32

49,989

61.34

 

0.88

0.84, .93

 < 0.001

Race

Non-indigenous

1,488

9.54

36,650

44.98

 

1.00

  
 

Indigenous

14,104

90.46

44,837

55.02

 

0.38

0.35, 0.41

 < 0.001

Occupation

Other

2,882

18.83

26,765

36.67

 < 0.0001

1.00

  
 

Domestic

500

3.27

6,475

8.87

 

0.93

0.84, 1.04

0.20

 

Tourism/travel

648

4.23

1,956

2.68

 

2.53

2.28, 2.79

 < 0.001

 

Mining

10,357

67.68

7,048

9.66

 

8.99

8.52, 9.48

 < 0.001

 

Timber/fishing

442

2.39

10,192

13.96

 

0.66

0.58, 0.75

 < 0.001

 

Agriculture

475

3.1

20,561

28.17

 

0.21

0.19, 0.24

 < 0.001

Level of schooling (years)

None

806

5.7

14,596

24.09

 < 0.0001

–

–

 
 

1 to 4

2,516

17.8

13,347

22.03

 

–

–

 
 

5 to 8

4,883

34.54

15,143

24.99

 

–

–

 
 

9 to 11

5,137

36.34

15,878

26.2

 

–

–

 
 

12 or more

795

5.62

1,634

2.7

 

–

–

 

Species

P. vivax

4,223

27.08

7,334

9.00

 < 0.0001

1.00

  
 

P. falciparum

11,369

72.92

74,153

91.00

 

2.08

1.96, 2.20

 < 0.001

Time from symptoms to treatment

Less than 24 h

2,001

13.06

18,909

24.51

 < 0.0001

1.00

  
 

24 to 48 h

1,958

12.78

14,458

18.74

 

0.80

0.74, 0.87

 < 0.001

 

More than 48 h

11,362

74.16

43,766

56.74

 

0.94

0.88, 1.01

0.09