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. 2014 Sep 30;13:387. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-387

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of risk factors for all Plasmodium species combined and separate for P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale, Ratanakiri province, Cambodia 2012

Malariometric variable Plasmodium( all) P. falciparum P. vivax P. malariae P. ovale
Variable Level OR LCL UCL p-value OR LCL UCL p-value OR LCL UCL p-value OR LCL UCL p-value OR LCL UCL p-value
Age (years) 0.0158 0.8396 < 0.001 0.8691 0.0101
NA = 167 2-5 reference reference reference reference reference
5-14 1.489 0.998 2.220 1.224 0.715 2.094 1.895 1.119 3.210 1.122 0.174 7.228 2.161 0.184 25.452
15-39 1.041 0.696 1.557 1.103 0.650 1.874 1.038 0.602 1.789 1.009 0.162 6.289 0.623 0.046 8.451
≥40 0.983 0.632 1.528 1.219 0.691 2.150 0.783 0.421 1.454 1.586 0.246 10.239 0.000 0.000 Inf
Gender 0.3252 0.2859 0.8635 0.1787 0.8101
NA = 34 male reference reference reference reference reference
female 0.896 0.719 1.117 0.856 0.639 1.147 0.976 0.732 1.300 0.550 0.197 1.535 0.876 0.270 2.845
Ethnicity 0.0246 0.0344 0.1698 0.1913 0.3692
NA = 49 Khmer reference reference reference reference* reference
Ethnic Minority 2.806 0.968 8.136 3.586 0.799 16.086 2.118 0.611 7.343 - - - 0.317 0.025 4.075
Axillary Temp 0.0098 0.0228 0.0782 0.6108 0.1312
NA = 74 < 37,5 reference reference reference reference reference
≥ 37,5 2.043 1.210 3.451 2.280 1.176 4.419 1.916 0.964 3.808 1.775 0.169 18.610 4.308 0.741 25.031
Sleeping time 0.1125 0.6625 0.1707 0.8935 0.7539
NA = 61 < 20:00 reference reference reference reference reference
≥ 20:00 0.821 0.644 1.048 0.932 0.674 1.288 0.807 0.592 1.101 0.938 0.309 2.840 1.206 0.335 4.337
Waking up 0.6931 0.8017 0.6903 0.9341 0.8096
NA = 64 ≤ 05:00 reference reference reference reference reference
> 05:00 0.951 0.739 1.225 1.042 0.751 1.446 1.067 0.772 1.475 1.040 0.354 3.052 0.867 0.240 3.135
Overnight plothut 0.0014 < 0.001 0.0798 < 0.001 0.4792
NA = 55 NO reference reference reference reference reference
YES 1.499 1.165 1.930 1.968 1.390 2.786 1.322 0.958 1.824 7.539 1.357 41.895 1.592 0.354 7.162
Overnight forest 0.3778 0.2161 0.8208 0.8327 0.8543
NA = 62 NO reference reference reference reference reference
YES 1.150 0.852 1.551 1.272 0.870 1.865 0.955 0.636 1.435 0.877 0.208 3.687 0.865 0.155 4.823
Use of bednet 0.2748 0.1393 0.4405 0.2752 0.0601
NA = 97 NO reference reference reference reference reference
YES 0.774 0.492 1.218 0.649 0.370 1.138 0.794 0.443 1.423 0.362 0.106 1.242 0.186 0.028 1.215

OR represents Odds Ratio statistics with respect to the reference category and LCL and UCL represent lower and upper 95% confidence limits based on a total sample size of N = 5793 individuals from 117 villages.

*No P. malariae cases were observed in the Khmer Ethnic population.

NA = number of individuals for which the variable was lacking.

Inf = infinity.