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Table 4 Travel and odds ratio for being a case from multiple logistic regression

From: Risk factors for malaria in high incidence areas of Viet Nam: a case–control study

Travel variable

Total

Cases

Controls

Odds ratio for case

p value

To different province

122 (6.1%)

78 (7.8%)

44 (4.4%)

0.5238 (0.2582–1.034)

0.0665

To different district

169 (8.5%)

115 (11.5%)

54 (5.4%)

2.212 (1.203–4.232)

0.0129

To different commune

461 (23.1%)

290 (29.0%)

171 (17.1%)

0.9255 (0.6048–1.408)

0.7193

International

109 (5.5%)

70 (7.0%)

39 (3.9%)

2.563 (0.9462–8.217)

0.0821

Non-work

508 (25.4%)

330 (33.0%)

178 (17.8%)

0.959 (0.6382–1.446)

0.8407

Work only

348 (17.4%)

217 (21.7%)

131 (13.1%)

3.489 (2.705–4.510)

< 0.0001

Number of nights away*

1 (0–9.5)

6 (0–12)

0 (0–3)

1.353 (0.9357–1.957)

0.108

Visit forest

995 (49.8%)

640 (64.0%)

355 (35.5%)

2.759 (0.9833–9.928)

0.078

Live in forest

55 (2.8%)

35 (3.5%)

20 (2.0%)

1.014 (1.001–1.027)

0.0357

Days in the forest*

1 (0–5)

2 (0–7)

0 (0–3)

0.9753 (0.9568–0.9940)

0.01

  1. *Median (IQR)