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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis for potential risk factors associated with LAMP detectable malaria infection (n = 1869)

From: Subpatent malaria in a low transmission African setting: a cross-sectional study using rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) from Zambezi region, Namibia

Potential risk factor for malaria infection

OR (95% CI)

AOR* (95% CI)

Gender

 Female

Ref

 

 Male

1.07 (0.58–1.95)

0.99 (0.42–2.30)

Age (years)

 < 15

Ref

 

 15–40

2.25 (1.11–4.55)

1.35 (0.50–3.65)

 > 40

1.81 (0.79–4.16)

0.79 (0.26–2.36)

Occupation

 Unemployed

Ref

 

 Student

2.47 (0.65–9.31)

2.12 (0.25–17.94)

 Office/clerical/commercial/professional

3.24 (0.37–28.76)

3.44 (0.21–57.40)

 Other manual labor

3.58 (0.68–18.92)

3.41 (0.11–107.45)

 Fishing

3.65 (0.41–32.48)

3.51 (0.65–19.01)

 Agricultural

4.55 (1.58–13.07)

5.02 (1.77–14.23)a

 Cattle herder

14.21 (2.97–68.12)

11.82 (1.06–131.81)b

 Otherc

15.93 (2.78–91.25)

11.26 (1.02–124.69)

Socioeconomic status quintile

 Lowest

Ref

 

 Lower-middle

1.04 (0.39–2.81)

0.85 (0.39–1.89)

 Middle

0.97 (0.36–2.61)

0.70 (0.22–2.21)

 Upper-middle

0.96 (0.36–2.58)

0.71 (0.17–2.99)

 Highest

1.20 (0.47–3.08)

0.85 (0.26–2.75)

  1. OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio
  2. * Adjusted for gender, age, socioeconomic status, and clustering at the health facility level
  3. ap-value = 0.01
  4. bp-value = 0.04
  5. cHerbalist, healer, bartender, land surveyor, soldier, headman