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Table 2 Association between reporting a malaria attack and covariates in women (logistic regression)

From: Perceived malaria in the population of an urban setting: a skipped reality in Dakar, Senegal

Variables

Class

N° of malaria attack

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR (95%IC)

P

OR (95%IC)

P

Age

      
 

<= 27

216

1

0.252

1

0.267

 

> 27 et <= 34

199

0.81(0.64-1.03)

 

0.78(0.61-1.01)

 
 

> 34 et <= 41

176

0.86(0.67-1.10)

 

0.90(0.69-1.16)

 
 

> 41

189

0.80(0.63-1.02)

 

0.81(0.63-1.06)

 

Education level

      
 

None

310

1

0.057

1

0.060

 

Primary school

178

1.02(0.83-1.24)

 

1.01(0.83-1.24)

 
 

High school

113

0.75(0.58-0.97)

 

0.75(0.57-0.97)

 

Death of a relative

      
 

No

676

1

0.001

1

 
 

Yes

96

1.57(1.19-2.07)

 

1.46(1.08-1.96)

0.012

Use of a bed net

      
 

No

440

1

0.346

**

**

 

Yes

338

0.92(0.77-1.09)

   

Mosquito bites

      
 

None

44

1

0.003*

1

0.009

 

Few

235

1.66(1.15-2.41)

 

1.65(1.10-2.46)

 
 

Many

499

1.81(1.28-2.58)

 

1.80(1.23-2.65)

 
  1. **: covariate not introduced in the multivariate analysis.
  2. *: trend test for odds.
  3. N°: number.
  4. P: p-value.
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