Table 5.
Prevalence of subclinical malaria by use of LLINs, gender, age-group and insecticide resistance status of study clusters (n = 5862).
| Parameters | Category | Positive (%) | Total (N = 5862) |
Unadjusted Odds ratio(95%CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95%CI) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last night LLIN use | Yes | 54(1) | 5558 | 0·26 (0·11–0·60) |
0·002 | 0·25 (0·11–0·58) |
0·001 |
| No | 11(3·6) | 304 | |||||
| Gender | Male | 33(1·2) | 2865 | 1·08 (0·6–1·95) |
0·799 | 1·08 (0·6–1·94) |
0·811 |
| Female | 32(1·1) | 2997 | |||||
| Age groups | 5–14 years | 46(1·2) | 3749 | 1·40 (0·67–2·73) |
0·394 | 1·33 (0·66–2·65) |
0·297 |
| 0–4 years | 19(0·9) | 2113 | |||||
| Cluster resistance status | High | 28(1) | 2915 | 0·76 (0·30–1·98) |
0·577 | 0·70 (0·27–1·81) |
0·457 |
| Low | 37(1·3) | 2947 | |||||
| Subject level- study cluster (n = 80) | |||||||
| Overall prevalence of infection by use of LLINs, gender, age-group and insecticide resistance status of study clusters (n = 5862) | |||||||
| Last night LLIN use | Yes | 68(1·2) | 5558 | 0·26 (0·12–0·54) |
<0·001 | 0·25 (0·12–0·52) |
<0·001 |
| No | 14(4·6) | 304 | |||||
| Gender | Male | 39(1·4) | 2865 | 0·95 (0·56–1·59) |
0·840 | 0·94 (0·56–1·59) |
0·825 |
| Female | 43(1·4) | 2997 | |||||
| Age groups | 5–14 years | 64(1·5) | 3749 | 1·32 (0·74–2·38) |
0·350 | 1·29 (0·73–2·29) |
0·382 |
| 0–4 years | 18(1·1) | 2113 | |||||
| Clusters resistance status | High | 36(1·2) | 2915 | 0·80 (0·30–2·07) |
0·629 | 0·72 (0·28–1·88) |
0·504 |
| Low | 46(1·6) | 2947 | |||||
| Subject level- study cluster (n = 80) | |||||||