Table 2.

Univariate analysis of risk factors of clinical malaria in Jimma town, south western Ethiopia

Risk factor	Case reported	P. vivax		P. falciparum
		Casesa	Odds ratio (95 %CI)	Casesa	Odds ratio (95 % CI)
Use of prevention measure
Yes	661	152	1	47	1
No	773	175	0.98 [0.77, 1.26]	50	0.90 [0.60, 1.36]
Use of ITN
Used ITN	609	199	1	59	1
Not available or not use	825	131	1.16 [0.90, 1.49]	37	1.19 [0.78, 1.82]
Travel during the preceding 14 days
No, not traveled	1378	311	1	85	1
Yes, traveled	56	16	1.37 [0.76, 2.48]	12	4.14 [2.11, 8.14]***
Malaria during the preceding 30 days
No, no malaria	1380	304	1	91	1
Yes, had malaria	54	23	2.63 [1.51, 4.57]***	6	1.77 [0.74, 4.25]

*^,**^, *** represent significant level of 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001, respectively

^aConfirmed cases