Table 4. Incidence of malaria parasite infection in low– and high–insecticide resistance clusters by year, Kenya, 2013 and 2014*.
Insecticide resistance |
No. children |
No. malaria episodes |
Total follow-up time, person-years |
Incidence, infections/person-year (95% CI) |
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Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
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RR (95% CI) |
p value |
RR (95% CI) |
p value |
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2013 | |||||||||
Low resistance | 290 | 114 | 51.6 | 2.2 (1.8–2.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
High resistance | 311 | 116 | 59.2 | 2.0 (1.6–2.4) | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) | 0.70 | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) | 0.68 | |
Per 10% increase in
mosquito mortality |
|
|
|
|
1.0 (0.7–1.5) |
0.99 |
|
1.0 (0.7–1.5) |
0.98 |
2014 | |||||||||
Low resistance | 433 | 224 | 80.7 | 2.8 (2.4–3.2) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
High resistance | 460 | 222 | 80.9 | 2.7 (2.4–3.1) | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 0.96 | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) | 0.33 | |
Per 10% increase in mosquito mortality | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | 0.90 | 1.1 (0.9–1.2) | 0.24 |
*In 2013, low resistance was defined as mortality >88% and high resistance as mortality <88%. In 2014, low resistance was defined as mortality >67% and high resistance as mortality <67%. RR, rate ratio.