Table 2.
Characteristics of malaria in 96 resident immigrants and 29 native cases under 20 years of age in Barcelona 1990-2008*.
| Resident immigrant n(%) |
Native n (%) |
Total n (%) |
Crude OR (95%CI) | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 54 (56.3) | 14 (48.3) | 68 (54.4) | 1 | 1 | 0.41 |
| Male | 42 (43.8) | 15 (51.7) | 57 (45.6) | 0.7 (0.3-1.7) | 0.7 (0.3-1.7) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| < 5 | 27 (27.8) | 12 (42.9) | 39 (31.2) | 1 | 1 | 0.044 |
| 6 to 14 | 41 (42.3) | 11 (39.3) | 52 (41.6) | 1,4 (0.6-3.8) | 1.9 (0.7-5.3) | |
| 15 to 19 | 29 (29.9) | 5 (17.8) | 34 (27.2) | 2,6 (0.8-8.3) | 3.7 (1-13.3) | |
| District of residence | ||||||
| Other | 79 (81.4) | 24 (85.7) | 103 (82.4) | 1 | ||
| Inner city | 18 (18.6) | 4 (14.3) | 22 (17.6) | 1.4 (0.5-4.7) | ||
| Continent of travel | ||||||
| Asia | 9 (9.4) | 4 (16.7) | 13 (10.8) | 1 | ||
| America | 3 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.5) | 1 | ||
| Africa | 84 (87.5) | 20 (83.3) | 104 (86.3) | 2,4 (0.9-6.6) | ||
| Reason of travel (VFR) | ||||||
| No | 9 (9.3) | 8 (28.6) | 17 (13.6) | 1 | 1 | 0.003 |
| Yes | 88 (90.7) | 20 (71.4) | 108 (86.4) | 5 (1.7-14.4) | 6.4 (2-19.9) | |
| Species detected | ||||||
| P. falciparum | 68 (70.1) | 16 (57.1) | 84 (67.2) | 1.6 (0.7-3.9) | ||
| P. vivax | 14 (14.4) | 6 (21.4) | 20 (16) | 1 | ||
| P. ovale | 4 (4.1) | 3 (10.7) | 7 (5.6) | |||
| P. malariae | 3 (3.1) | 1 (3.6) | 4 (3.2) | |||
| Mixed | 4 (4.1) | 1 (3.6) | 5 (4) | |||
| Plasmodium spp | 4 (4.1) | 1 (3.6) | 5 (4) | |||
| Chemoprophylaxis | ||||||
| No | 93 (69.9) | 28 (96.6) | 121 (96.8) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 3 (3.1) | 1 (3.4) | 14 (3.2) | 0.9 (0.09-9) | ||
| Hospitalization | ||||||
| No | 87 (90.6) | 24 (82.8) | 111 (88.8) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 9 (9.4) | 5 (17.2) | 14 (11.2) | 0.5 (0.2-1.6) | ||
* 49 recently arrived immigrants were excluded.