Table 5.
Prevalence of sub-patent malaria infection by village, age, moderate to severe anaemia and LLINs use and type of parasite (n = 103)
| Parameters | Category | Sub-patent malaria (%) | Patent malaria (N = 103) | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | P | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village | Hichka | 13 (52.0) | 25 | 1.2 (0.45–3.02) | 0.756 | 0.91 (0.3–2.8) | 0.863 |
| Kothodi | 16 (61.5) | 26 | 0.79 (0.30–2.1) | 0.627 | 0.37 (0.1–1.35) | 0.109 | |
| Khalebedi | 29 (55.8) | 52 | 1 | ||||
| Age (years) | ≥15 | 26 (57.8) | 45 | 2.78 (1.25–6.25) | 0.012 | 3.30 (1.3–8.4) | 0.010 |
| 1–14 | 19 (32.8) | 58 | 1 | ||||
| Moderate to severe anaemia (≤9.5 g/dl) | Yes | 15 (71.4) | 21 | 4.33 (1.52–12.35) | 0.006 | 8.5 (2.3–31.3) | 0.001 |
| No | 30 (36.6) | 82 | 1 | ||||
| LLINs use | No | 29 (49.2) | 59 | 1.69 (0.76–3.76) | 0.197 | 1.01 (0.4–2.6) | 0.985 |
| Yes | 16 (36.4) | 44 | 1 | ||||
| Parasite type | Pv | 8 (72.7) | 11 | 3.96 (0.98–15.93) | 0.052 | 6.60 (1.4–32.3) | 0.020 |
| Pf | 37 (40.2) | 92 | 1 |
Subject level-sub-patent malaria positives, P value less than 0.05 are statistically significant