Table 2. Risk factors for gametocyte positivity individuals inside and outside of the hotspot during the time span of hotspot.

	within cluster in time period				outside cluster in time period
	P.falciparum +ve	Gametocyte +ve	%	ORa (95%CI)	P.falciparum +ve	Gametocyte +ve	%	ORa (95%CI)
age (years)
≤5	241	143	59.3	2.19 (1.82–2.56)	535	260	48.6	1.99 (1.73–2.24)
]5–10]	118	49	41.5	1.59 (1.14–2.03)	330	116	35.2	1.31 (1.02–1.59)
]10–15]	47	15	31.9	1.47 (0.77–2.17)	181	45	24.9	1.05 (0.66–1.45)
>15	86	16	18.6	Ref	543	76	14.0	Ref
P.falciparum episode
No	171	46	26.9	Ref	812	146	18.0	Ref
Yes	321	177	55.1	1.63 (1.14–2.03)	777	351	45.2	1.69 (1.47–1.90)
ABO group
AB & A	83	26	31.3	Ref	481	134	27.9	Ref
B	130	70	53.8	1.83 (1.38–2.28)	346	90	26.0	0.99 (0.65–1.32)
O	275	125	45.5	1.38 (1.06–1.71)	657	230	35.0	1.28 (1.05–1.51)

Shown are the number of person-trimesters for which a blood smear was read for gametocytes and the Odds Ratios from the multivariate analyses.