Table 3.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis of Plasmodium infection stratified by setting, Bata district, Equatorial Guinea, June–August 2013
| Characteristics | Urban (n = 1031) | Rural (n = 696) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aOR | 95 % CI | p value | aOR | 95 % CI | p value | |
| Individual characteristics | ||||||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
| Female | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||
| ≤12 months | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 13 months–5 years | 3.57 | (2.31–5.52) | <0.001 | 2.44 | (1.48–4.01) | <0.001 |
| 6–15 years | 7.65 | (4.89–11.97) | <0.001 | 3.58 | (2.16–5.93) | <0.001 |
| ≥15 years | 1.69 | (0.62–4.59) | 0.304 | 0.56 | (0.33–0.95) | 0.031 |
| Ethnic group | ||||||
| Fang | 1 | NS | NS | NS | ||
| Combe | 0.48 | (0.26–0.90) | 0.021 | |||
| Other | 0.93 | (0.55–1.56) | 0.779 | |||
| Household characteristics | ||||||
| Number of adults | ||||||
| ≤2 adults | NS | NS | NS | 1 | ||
| 3–4 adults | 1.56 | (0.98–2.48) | 0.062 | |||
| ≥5 adults | 1.74 | (1.10–2.74) | 0.017 | |||
| Health status | ||||||
| Did you have fever in the last 24 h? | ||||||
| No | 1 | 0.001 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 2.57 | (1.45–4.55) | 2.32 | (1.32–4.08) | 0.004 | |
| Anemia | ||||||
| No | 1 | <0.001 | NS | NS | NS | |
| Yes | 3.02 | (1.92–4.76) | ||||
| Malaria related-behaviours | ||||||
| Do you sleep under a bed net? | ||||||
| Always | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sometimes | 0.56 | (0.26–1.20) | 0.135 | 0.80 | (0.45–1.45) | 0.468 |
| Never | 2.20 | (1.52–3.18) | 0.000 | 1.77 | (1.23–2.57) | 0.002 |
| Hosmer–Lemeshow test | p = 0.623 | p = 0.215 | ||||