The effectiveness of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in a setting of pyrethroid resistance: a case–control study among febrile children 6 to 59 months of age in Machinga District, Malawi

Table 2 Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of various predictors and malaria

Variable	Univariable			Multivariable
Variable	Unadjusted OR	95 % CI	p value	Adjusted OR	95 % CI	p value
Age of child (months)
6–23	REF			REF
24–35	2.11	[1.55–2.87]	<0.001	2.23	[1.60–3.10]	<0.001
36–59	2.38	[1.76–3.22]	<0.001	2.84	[2.04–3.95]	<0.001
Slept under ITN 2 weeks before illness
Yes	1.27	[0.89–1.81]	0.181
No	REF			REF
Slept under ITN last night
Yes	1.26	[0.88–1.80]	0.199	1.08	[0.64–1.84]	0.765
No	REF			REF
Education of caregiver
None	REF			REF
Primary	0.67	[0.44–1.02]	0.065	0.75	[0.48–1.17]	0.199
Secondary	0.34	[0.20–0.56]	<0.001	0.48	[0.27–0.84]	0.010
Child sleeps on
Mattress	REF			REF
Floor	1.81	[1.32–2.49]	<0.001	1.24	[0.86–1.79]	0.25
SES
Least poor quintile	0.43	[0.31–0.60]	<0.001	0.65	[0.42–1.01]	0.054
Bottom 80 %	REF			REF
Presence of 2+ windows not on same wall
Yes	0.59	[0.44–0.79]	<0.001	0.72	[0.51–1.01]	0.054
No	REF			REF
Eaves
Any open	1.67	[1.23–2.28]	0.001	1.35	[0.91–1.99]	0.135
All closed	REF			REF

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