Table 4.

Multivariate risk factors analysis for anaemia, under-nutrition parameters and malaria parasitaemia

Variable	Anaemia OR (95 % CI), P-value	Stunting OR (95 % CI), P-value	Wasting OR (95 % CI), P-value	Underweight OR (95 % CI), P-value	Malaria OR (95 % CI), P-value
Malaria parasitaemia (Positive)	3.857 (2.208–6.740), <0.0001
Presence of anaemia (yes)				1.857 (1.093–3.155), 0.022	3.898 (2.297–6.615), <0.0001
Presence of stunting (yes)	1.428 (0.960–2.126), 0.079		0.046 (0.024–0.088), <0.0001	20.412 (12.304–33.862), <0.0001
Presence of wasting (yes)		0.055 (0.030–0.098), <0.0001		59.139 (32.506–107.594), <0.0001
Presence of under weight (yes)	1.979 (1.240–3.158), 0.004	20.256 (12.464–32.921), <0.0001	60.71 (31.994–115.197), <0.0001
Sex
Male				1.444 (1.061–1.966), 0.019
Fever (Yes)		1.331 (1.070–1.656), 0.010
Is HH in an economic group? (Yes)		0.758 (0.618–0.931), 0.008
Was IRS done in HH (Yes)	0.471(0.222–0.997), 0.049		0.589 (0.397–0.873), 0.008
Does the HH owns ≥1 bednet (Yes)		0.551 (0.338–0.899), 0.017
Study participant age group
6–11	–				–
12–23	0.522 (0.297–0.916), 0.023			1.262 (0.697–2.283), 0.443	1.989 (0.766–5.169), 0.158
24–35	0.405 (0.227–0.721), 0.002			1.849 (1.031–3.316), 0.039	3.157 (1.259–7.920), 0.014
36–47	0.340 (0.181–0.639), 0.001			2.124 (1.159–3.894), 0.015	3.528 (3.1384–8.992), 0.008
48–60	0.257 (0.135–0.490), <0.0001			2.123 (1.169–3.855), 0.013	3.699 (1.479–9.251), 0.005
HH SES level
Low
Middle	0.588 (0.373–0.928), 0.022				0.793 (0.415–1.516), 0.483
High	0.568 (0.352–0.916), 0.020				0.372 (0.152–0.906), 0.029
Does HH have a closed water source (Yes)			1.465 (0.969–2.214), 0.070		0.620 (0.377–1.018), 0.059
House wall material (Bricks and stones vs. wood/mud/tent)					0.615 (0.370–1.024), 0.061
House floor material (cement/concrete vs. mud/earth/dung)				0.447 (0.276–0.723), 0.001
Highest HoH education level (None vs. any)					0.633 (0.404–0.990), 0.045