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Table 4 Crude and adjusted hazard ratios for different factors influencing a positive malaria diagnosis

From: A non-randomized controlled trial to assess the protective effect of SMC in the context of high parasite resistance in Uganda

Characteristic

Crude hazard ratio (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI)

p value

Intervention versus control

0.7 (0.054–0.098)

 < 0.001

0.0 (0.014–0.075)

 < 0.001

Child’s gender

1.1 (0.837–1.381)

0.569

  

Household mosquito net ownership

0.8 (0.607–1.124)

0.224

  

Child slept under a mosquito net the night before

1.2 (0.628–2.198)

0.614

0.5 (0.111–1.904)

0.284

Indoor residual spraying of the household

1.5 (0.455–5.247)

0.486

  

Education level of parents

0.9 (0.698–1.133)

0.343

1.1 (0.704–1.358)

0.895

Socio-economic status (Wealth index)

1.1 (0.834–1.089)

0.480

1.1(0.900–1.304)

0.396