Prevalence of G6PD deficiency and submicroscopic malaria parasites carriage in malaria hotspot area in Northwest, Tanzania

Table 5 Carriage of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum on G6PD deficiency, age, village and gender

	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
G6PD heterozygous deficiency	3.64 (1.14–11.60)	0.029
Age	0.99 (0.98-1.00)	0.159
Villages	1.16 (0.91–1.49)	0.237
Gender	0.72 (0.41–1.26)	0.252
G6PD homo/hemizygous deficiency	1.04 (0.66–1.64)	0.875
Age	0.99 (0.98–1.01)	0.376
Villages	1.11 (0.87–1.41)	0.394
Gender	0.70 (0.41–1.20)	0.194

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