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Table 4 Multivariate analysis – gametocytaemia at enrolment.

From: Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte dynamics in areas of different malaria endemicity

 

OR [95% CI]

P-value

 

Thailand

(N = 4432)

The Gambia1

(N = 1091)

Tanzania1

(N = 1383)

Log10 Parasitaemia

0.448 [0.373–0.612]

0.688 [0.549–0.862]

No Data

 

< 0.001

0.001

 

Parasitaemia (/μL)

NS

NS

 

   < 1,600

  

1.000

   1,600–4,000

  

0.266 [0.161–0.440]

   

< 0.001

   4,000–20,000

  

0.293 [0.164–0.524]

   

< 0.001

   ≥ 20,000

  

0.175 [0.067–0.455]

   

< 0.001

Haematocrit

0.830 [0.8001–0.861]

0.900 [0.873–0.927]

No Data

 

< 0.001

< 0.001

 
   

No Data

Axillary Temperature

   

   < 37.5

1.000

1.000

 

   > = 37.5

0.550 [0.348–0.867]

0.629 [0.447–0.886]

 
 

< 0.001

0.008

 

Age (years)

NS

NS

 

   0–5

  

1.000

   5–15

  

0.244 [0.133–0.447]

< 0.001

   > 15

  

0.155 [0.077–0.311]

< 0.001

  1. Only covariates significant in at least one model are shown.
  2. 1 fixed effects model was fitted since test for random effects not significant.
  3. NS – not significant in the multivariate model.
  4. No Data – no data was collected at the site
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