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Table 4 Potential factors for suffering from malaria

From: Impact of different strategies to control Plasmodium infection and anaemia on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea)

Predictors

2004

2005

n

OR

95% IC

n

OR

95% IC

Place of residence

urban

138

1

-

232

1

-

 

rural

24

1.2

0.2–7.3

200

1.3

0.5–3.2

Sex

man

82

1

-

225

1

-

 

woman

80

0.9

0.3–2.1

207

0.6

0.3–1.2

Age

Under 1 year

41

1

-

95

1

-

 

1 to 3 years

60

2.6

1–6.7

178

3.0

0.8–12.0

 

3 to 5 years*

47

4.9

1.2–19.7

159

8.7

3.7–20.8

Sleeps under net (2004)

Yes

83

1

-

-

-

-

 

No

76

1.2

0.5–3.2

-

-

-

Sleeps under net (2005)

Hung correctly without holes

-

-

-

107

1

-

 

No*

-

-

-

267

3.3

1.6–6.6

 

Incorrectly hung or with holes

-

-

-

57

1.5

0.6–4.2

Indoor fumigations

no

-

-

-

100

1

-

 

yes

-

-

-

325

0.7

0.3–1.8

Number of fumigations

1

-

-

-

343

1

-

 

More than 1

-

-

-

88

0.4

0.1–2.4

Type of building

Blocks or bricks

78

1

-

233

1

-

 

wood

75

1.5

0.5–3.9

170

1.8

0.9–3.4

 

others

9

4.1

0.5–34

29

0.7

0.2–2.4

  1. *p < 0.05