Table 7.

Multiplicity of infection by age, sex, child clinical status, and study site

Variables	Number	MOI (95% CI)	Crude b (95% CI)	Adjusted b (95% CI)	p value*
Age (years)
6–9	144	2.03 (1.87, 2.20)	0	0
10–14	79	1.91 (1.71, 2.11)	− 0.12 (− 0.39, 0.14)	− 0.28 (− 0.62, 0.06)	0.11
Sex
Female	114	1.99 (1.81, 2.18)	0	0
Male	109	1.99 (1.81, 2.17)	− 0.01 (− 0.26, 0.26)	− 0.14 (− 0.46, 0.18)	0.39
Clinical status
Asymptomatic	100	1.69 (1.53, 1.85)	0	0
Symptomatic	123	2.24 (2.05, 2.42)	0.55 (0.30, 0.79)	0.36 (0.01, 0.72)	0.046
Site
Urban	101	2.00 (1.80, 2.20)	0	0
Rural	122	1.98 (1.82, 2.15)	− 0.02 (− 0.27, 0.24)	− 0.06 (− 0.39, 0.26)	0.70
Density(parasites/µL)
< 5000	65	1.63 (1.39, 1.86)	0	0
5000–10,000	21	2.24 (1.92, 2.56)	0.61 (0.12, 1.10)	0.52 (0.03, 1.01)	0.038
> 10,000	60	2.68 (2.41, 2.95)	1.06 (0.71, 1.39)	0.89 (0.46, 1.25)	< 0.001

CI confidence interval, b coefficient

^*two-tailed t test

Bolded p value indicates values lower than 0.05