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. 2013 Feb 6;8(2):e55666. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055666

Table 5. Risk factors affecting clinical P. falciparum episodes in Dielmo village (model residuals shown in Figure S1).

Fixed effects Estimate Standard Error z value p-value
Intercept −1.39 0.36 −3.91 9.22 10−05
NbprPFA_1–2* 0.90 0.14 6.56 5.46 10−11
NbprPFA_3–5 1.55 0.14 10.735 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_6–9 2.06 0.15 13.84 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_10–12 2.16 0.17 12.54 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_13–16 2.29 0.18 12.99 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_17–21 2.52 0.18 13.84 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_22–27 2.56 0.19 13.59 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_28–34 2.21 0.21 10.77 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_35–45 2.61 0.22 11.74 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_46–55 2.30 0.25 9.05 <2.0 10−16
NbprPFA_56–89 2.76 0.30 9.09 <2.0 10−16
Age** −0.33 0.02 −17.39 <2.0 10−16
Days of presence 0.01 0.004 3.15 1.62 10−−03
Drug period 2 0.25 0.14 1.835 0.07
Drug period 3 −0.62 0.16 −3.79 1.51 10−04
Drug period 4 −0.88 0.17 −5.09 3.56 10−07

Random effects: Std. Dev.individuals = 0.58 (n = 285); Std. Dev.house = 0.00 (n = 32).

*

The numbers after NbprPFA (Number of previous P. falciparum clinical episodes) give the range of the number of previous P. falciparum clinical episodes.

**

No significant interaction between Age and Drug period.