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Table 1 The odds of P. falciparum infection within 28 days after ACT treatment

From: The temporal dynamics of Plasmodium species infection after artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) among asymptomatic children in the Hohoe municipality, Ghana

Characteristics

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value#

Gender

Female

1.00

  

Male

0.52

0.26–1.05

0.066

Age (months)

6–12

1.00

  

13–24

0.40

0.10–1.62

0.200

25–36

0.55

0.17–1.75

0.312

37–48

0.40

0.13–1.30

0.128

49–59

0.82

0.30–2.22

0.694

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. #P-value probability value for Pearson Chi-Square test, the female group was used as the reference group for gender analysis, and the age group 6–12 months was used as the reference group for age analysis