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. 2010 May 26;9:143. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-143

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for potential malaria risk factors by Plasmodium species, longitudinal data from 1999 to 2006.

P. falciparum P. vivax

OR 95%CI OR 95%CI
Temporal Factors
Mean minimum temperature (1°c) 1.27 1.23-1.31 1.05 1.02-1.09
Control measures
 Passive surveillance only 1.00 1.00
 Presence of Active surveillance 0.35 0.25-0.50 0.49 0.41-0.58
 Active surveillance + ACT use for P. falciparum 0.21 0.15-0.30 0.22 0.17-0.28
Individual-level
Females
 0-15 1.00 1.00
 16-50 0.51 0.44-0.59 0.22 0.17-0.29
 51+ 0.41 0.29-0.59 0.15 0.07-0.31
Males
 0-15 1.00 1.00
 16-50 0.68 0.61-0.75 0.28 0.23-0.33
 51+ 0.50 0.39-0.64 0.23 0.14-0.37
Hamlet-level
Light forest cover area (1% increase) 1.03 1.01-1.05
Distance to a clinic (1 km increase) 1.31 1.15-1.49 1.08 0.98-1.18
1-month lag incidence of P. falciparum/P. vivax per 100 persons 1.14 1.11-1.17 1.34 1.23-1.45

Covariance of random effects Var SE Var SE
 Hamlet 0.152 0.143 0.063 0.046
 Residual 0.983 0.003 1.009 0.003