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Table 3 Association between carriage of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection before start of the season and risk of clinical malaria during the following season

From: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum carriage and clinical disease: a 5-year community-based longitudinal study in The Gambia

 

Univariate model

Multivariate modela

IRR (95% CI)

P value

IRR (95% CI)

P value

All village settings combined

1.27 (0.83–1.94)

0.25

0.81 (0.53–1.24)

0.34

Stratified by village setting

 Semi-urban

1.96 (1.05–3.67)

0.035

1.83 (0.98–3.42)

0.055

 Rural

0.55 (0.32–0.96)

0.037

0.48 (0.27–0.81)

0.007

  1. IRR incidence risk ratio
  2. aAdjusted for age, gender, and years