Table 2.
Predictor for PI (progressive stepwise (pr 0.10) backward pe (0.05) model) in asymptomatic children of two health areas of Mont Ngafula1, Kinshasa, DRC, 2012
| Population N = 700 | Cité Pumbu n = 372 | Kindele n = 328 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | aOR | p value | aOR | p value | OR | p value |
| Age (Months) | ||||||
| ≤12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| >12 | 3.8 | 0.01 | 5.1 | 0.003 | ||
| Anaemia | ||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 3.4 | <0.001 | 3.4 | <0.001 | 2.8 | 0.001 |
| Chronic malnutrition | ||||||
| No | 1 | |||||
| Yes | 1.8 | 0.01 | ||||
| Status of the parent/guardians | ||||||
| In couple | 1 | |||||
| Single | 1.6 | 0.04 | ||||
| Education of the parents/guardians | ||||||
| University | 1 | |||||
| Below university level | 3.8 | 0.04 | ||||
| Slept under ITN | ||||||
| Yes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| No | 1.7 | 0.04 | 2.2 | 0.01 | ||