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. 2008 Dec 3;7:249. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-249

Table 4.

Multivariate analysis – gametocytaemia at enrolment.

OR [95% CI]
P-value

Thailand
(N = 4432)
The Gambia1
(N = 1091)
Tanzania1
(N = 1383)
Log10 Parasitaemia 0.448 [0.373–0.612] 0.688 [0.549–0.862] No Data
< 0.001 0.001

Parasitaemia (/μL) NS NS
< 1,600 1.000
1,600–4,000 0.266 [0.161–0.440]
< 0.001
4,000–20,000 0.293 [0.164–0.524]
< 0.001
≥ 20,000 0.175 [0.067–0.455]
< 0.001

Haematocrit 0.830 [0.8001–0.861] 0.900 [0.873–0.927] No Data
< 0.001 < 0.001

No Data
Axillary Temperature
< 37.5 1.000 1.000
> = 37.5 0.550 [0.348–0.867] 0.629 [0.447–0.886]
< 0.001 0.008

Age (years) NS NS
0–5 1.000
5–15 0.244 [0.133–0.447]
< 0.001
> 15 0.155 [0.077–0.311]
< 0.001

Only covariates significant in at least one model are shown.

1 fixed effects model was fitted since test for random effects not significant.

NS – not significant in the multivariate model.

No Data – no data was collected at the site