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Table 3 Association between demographic and behavioural characteristics and exposure to P. falciparum in study participants

From: Malaria epidemiology in central Myanmar: identification of a multi-species asymptomatic reservoir of infection

 

Sero-positive (%)

Odds ratio (OR)

p value

Adjusted ORa

p value

Denominators

Un-weighted

Weighted

Gender

 Female

7.1

1.0 (baseline)

 

1.0

 

862

871

 Male

12.6

1.9 (1.3–2.8)

0.004

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

0.006

740

731

Age

 0–5 years

0.3

1.0

 

1.0

 

162

181

 5–15 years

3.1

9.0 (1.4–58.9)

 

9.0 (1.3–64.8)

 

311

292

 15–25 years

3.8

11.2 (1.6–81.5)

 

12.0 (1.5–94.8)

 

253

265

 25–50 years

13.0

42.7 (4.0–456.3)

 

43.8 (3.8–506.3)

 

541

544

 50–100 years

20.0

71.2 (6.4–796.3)

0.014

71.3 (5.6–904.2)

0.030

335

319

Working in/visiting forests

 No

5.8

1.0

 

1.0

 

1454

1454

 Yes

14.7

2.8 (1.5–5.1)

0.002

1.0 (0.6–1.8)

0.979

31

31

Bed net ownership

 Not universal coverage

6.6

1.0

 

1.0

 

391

417

 Universal coverage

11.0

1.8 (0.8–3.8)

0.134

1.1 (0.5–2.5)

0.760

1161

1145

Socio-economic status

 Low

11.6

1.0

 

1.0

 

506

462

 Medium

11.2

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

 

0.9 (0.6–1.6)

 

532

531

 Highest

7.2

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

0.035

0.6 (0.3–0.9)

0.072

512

566

  1. aAdjusted for: age, gender, forest exposure, ethnicity, bed net ownership and socio-economic status