From: A comparative case control study of the determinants of clinical malaria in The Gambia
Variable* | Case n(%) | Control n(%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | P | Adjusted OR (95% CI, n = 294) | P | |
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Age group (n = 298) | ≤ 5 years | 43 (29.1) | 48 (32.0) | 1 | 1 | ||
> 5 years | 105 (70.9) | 102 (68.0) | 1.67 (0.40-6.97) | 0.484 | 0.74 (0.06-8.51) | 0.811 | |
Level of mother’s education (n = 298) | No formal | 87 (58.4) | 87 (58.4) | 1 | |||
Quran | 16 (10.7) | 9 (6.0) | 1.87 (0.68-5.15) | 0.22 | |||
Primary | 12 (8.1) | 15 (10.1) | 0.84 (0.38-1.83) | 0.66 | |||
Post primary | 34 (22.8) | 38 (25.5) | 0.89 (0.49-1.62) | 0.71 | |||
Mother’s occupation | House wife | 83 (55.3) | 91 (60.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
Farmer | 23 (15.3) | 7 (4.7) | 5.47 (1.72-17.36) | 0.004 | 2.91 (0.57-14.77) | 0.281 | |
Trader | 6 (4.0) | 40 (26.7) | 0.22 (0.09-0.54) | 0.001 | 0.18 (0.04-0.73) | 0.017 | |
Civil Servant | 7 (4.7) | 3(2.0) | 2.57 (0.62-10.76) | 0.195 | 6.74 (0.08-43.83) | 0.394 | |
Others | 31 (20.7) | 9 (6.0) | 5.58 (1.79-17.36) | 0.003 | 5.95 (0.61-57.77) | 0.124 | |
Father’s occupation | Seasonal worker | 89 (59.3) | 8 (5.3) | 1 | |||
Farmer | 15 (10.0) | 11 (7.3) | 0.40 (0.13-1.21) | 0.104 | 0.19 (0.04-0.91) | 0.038 | |
Trader | 3 (2.0) | 29 (19.3) | 0.01 (0.001--0.06) | <0.001 | 0.02 (0.002-0.193) | 0.001 | |
Civil Servant | 10 (6.7) | 31 (20.7) | 0.02 (0.01-0.10) | <0.001 | 0.04 (0.008-0.257) | 0.001 | |
Handyman | 33 (22.0) | 71 (47.4) | 0.04 (0.01-0.13) | <0.001 | 0.03 (0.005-0.182) | <0.001 | |
Source of funds for illness | Father | 100 (66.67) | 61 (40.67) | 1 | 1 | ||
Mother | 15 (10.0) | 21 (14.0) | 0.45 (0.21-0.99) | 0.05 | 0.29 (0.06-1.37) | 0.118 | |
Others | 19 (12.67) | 26 (17.33) | 0.33 (0.15-0.73) | 0.01 | 0.24 (0.05-1.41) | 0.072 | |
Both parents | 16 (10.67) | 42 (28.0) | 0.18 (0.09-0.39) | <0.001 | 0.05 (0.008-0.319) | 0.001 | |
Type of floor | earth | 7 (4.67) | 12 (8) | 1 | |||
tile | 44 (29.33) | 39 (26.0) | 1.96 (0.68-5.59) | 0.21 | |||
cement | 99 (66) | 99 (66) | 1.75 (0.63-4.85) | 0.28 | |||
Type of window (n = 299) | Boarded windows | 70 (46.67) | 27 (18.12) | 1 | |||
windows with panes | 80 (53.33) | 122 (81.88) | 0.27 (0.16-0.47) | <0.001 | 0.24 (0.07-0.82) | 0.022 | |
Number of bed rooms | single | 19 (12.7) | 14 (9.3) | 1 | |||
2-4 rooms | 108 (72.0) | 126 (84.0) | 0.69 (0.32-1.48) | 0.339 | |||
over 4 | 23 (15.3) | 10 (6.7) | 1.80 (0.59- 5.53) | 0.301 | |||
Wall type | Mud | 53 (35.3) | 46 (30.7) | 1 | |||
Cement | 97 (64.7) | 104 (69.3) | 0.78 (0.46-1.32) | 0.355 | |||
LLIN in sleeping room (n = 266) | No | 33 (24.44) | 17 (12.98) | 1 | |||
Yes | 102 (75.56) | 114 (87.02) | 0.39 (0.18-0.85) | 0.02 | |||
Slept under LLIN last night (n = 269) | No | 45 (34.09) | 33 (24.09) | 1 | |||
Yes | 87 (65.91) | 104 (75.91) | 0.55 (0.29-1.01) | 0.06 |