Variable | Category | Submicroscopic malaria | Crude OR * (95% CI | Adjusted OR & (95% CI) | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive (%) (n) | Negative (%) (n) | |||||
Age group (years) | < 21 | 21.9 (16) | 78.1 (73) | 1.47 (0.77–2.80) | 2.02 (0.91–4.77) | 0.085 |
21–25 | 21.2 (35) | 78.8 (130) | 1.41 (0.89–2.32) | 1.56 (0.86–2.82) | 0.141 | |
> 25 | 16.0 (42) | 84.0 (220 | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 2.417; 0.299 | |||||
Seasonal status | Rainy | 26.0 (70) | 74.0 (199) | 3.18 (1.91–5.30) | 3.01 (1.77–5.13) | < 0.001 |
Dry | 10.0 (23) | 90.0 (208) | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 21.186; < 0.001 | |||||
Study area | Semi-rural | 18.6 (29) | 81.4 (127) | 0.76 (0.47–1.25) | 0.86 (0.51–1.44) | 0.564 |
Semi-urban | 23.0 (64) | 77.0 (214) | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 18.671 < 0.001 | |||||
Gravidity status | Primigravidae | 14.2 (22) | 85.8 (133) | 0.68 (0.39–1.20) | 0.45 (0.21–0.94) | 0.034 |
Secundigravidae | 22.3 (29) | 77.7 (101) | 1.18 (0.69–2.02) | 1.01 (0.54–1.88) | 0.977 | |
Multigravidae | 19.5 (42) | 80.5 (173) | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 3.292; 0.193 | |||||
Dosage frequency of SP | ≤ 1 dose | 18.6 (22) | 81.6 (147) | 1.07 (0.60–1.94) | 0.94 (0.50 -1.77) | 0.843 |
2 doses | 19.7 (36) | 80.3 (147) | 1.15 (0.69–1.92) | 1.31 (0.75–2.28) | 0.337 | |
≥ 3 doses | 17.6 (35) | 82.4 (164) | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 0.274; 0.872 | |||||
ITN usage | Yes | 16.2 (52) | 83.8 (269) | 0.46 (0.26–0.81) | 0.49 (0.27–0.90) | 0.022 |
No | 17.3 (17) | 82.7 (81) | 0.50 (0.25–1.01) | 0.67 (0.31–1.46) | 0.312 | |
No ITN | 29.6 (24) | 70.4 (57) | REF | REF | ||
χ2; p-value | 7.832; 0.020 |