Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of Plasmodium infection stratified by setting, Bata district, Equatorial Guinea, June–August 2013
From: Malaria prevalence in Bata district, Equatorial Guinea: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | Urban (n = 1031) | Rural (n = 696) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aOR | 95 % CI | p value | aOR | 95 % CI | p value | |
Individual characteristics | ||||||
Sex | ||||||
Male | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Female | ||||||
Age group | ||||||
≤12 months | 1 | 1 | ||||
13 months–5 years | 3.57 | (2.31–5.52) | <0.001 | 2.44 | (1.48–4.01) | <0.001 |
6–15 years | 7.65 | (4.89–11.97) | <0.001 | 3.58 | (2.16–5.93) | <0.001 |
≥15 years | 1.69 | (0.62–4.59) | 0.304 | 0.56 | (0.33–0.95) | 0.031 |
Ethnic group | ||||||
Fang | 1 | NS | NS | NS | ||
Combe | 0.48 | (0.26–0.90) | 0.021 | |||
Other | 0.93 | (0.55–1.56) | 0.779 | |||
Household characteristics | ||||||
Number of adults | ||||||
≤2 adults | NS | NS | NS | 1 | ||
3–4 adults | 1.56 | (0.98–2.48) | 0.062 | |||
≥5 adults | 1.74 | (1.10–2.74) | 0.017 | |||
Health status | ||||||
Did you have fever in the last 24 h? | ||||||
No | 1 | 0.001 | 1 | |||
Yes | 2.57 | (1.45–4.55) | 2.32 | (1.32–4.08) | 0.004 | |
Anemia | ||||||
No | 1 | <0.001 | NS | NS | NS | |
Yes | 3.02 | (1.92–4.76) | ||||
Malaria related-behaviours | ||||||
Do you sleep under a bed net? | ||||||
Always | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sometimes | 0.56 | (0.26–1.20) | 0.135 | 0.80 | (0.45–1.45) | 0.468 |
Never | 2.20 | (1.52–3.18) | 0.000 | 1.77 | (1.23–2.57) | 0.002 |
Hosmer–Lemeshow test | p = 0.623 | p = 0.215 | ||||