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. 2017 Aug 14;7:8082. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07818-0

Table 3.

Fixed effects of multi-community and community-specific bivariates models for P. vivax parasitaemia.

Multi-community model Community-specific models
Gamitanacocha Libertad Primero de Enero Urco Miraño
PR 95% CI p-value PR 95% CI p-value PR 95% CI p-value PR 95% CI p-value PR 95% CI p-value
Null model
Constant 0.18 (0.16–0.20) <0.001 0.12 (0.08–0.17) <0.001 0.2 (0.17–0.24) <0.001 0.14 (0.10–0.19) <0.001 0.18 (0.15–0.21) <0.001
Time-dependent level covariates
Travel history (Ref = No)
Yes 1.06 (0.76–1.49) 0.714 0.85 (0.26–2.83) 0.796 0.71 (0.37–1.35) 0.3 2.04 (0.99–4.20) 0.052* 1.28 (0.74–2.19) 0.374
Fever symptom (Ref = No)
Yes 1.68 (1.09–2.59) 0.018** 1.06 (0.25–4.45) 0.942 1.33 (0.62–2.85) 0.455 2.57 (1.46–4.53) 0.001**
Individual level covariates
Gender (Ref = Female)
Male 0.99 (0.81–1.21) 0.937 1.26 (0.58–2.66) 0.572 0.89 (0.65–1.22) 0.471 1.35 (0.70–2.58) 0.365 0.95 (0.70–1.29) 0.753
Age groups (Ref = <15 years)
15–39.9 1.18 (0.94–1.49) 0.148* 2.11 (0.91–4.89) 0.082* 1.01 (0.70–1.45) 0.942 1.33 (0.65–2.75) 0.432 1.19 (0.83–1.70) 0.355
 ≥ 40 0.97 (0.74–1.26) 0.838 1.06 (0.33–3.40) 0.927 0.7 (0.45–1.07) 0.1 1.66 (0.72–3.86) 0.235 1.1 (0.74–1.62) 0.63
Education level (Ref = None)
Primary school 1.3 (1.02–1.65) 0.030** 2.89 (0.99–8.042 0.052* 1.14 (0.80–1.63) 0.465 1.54 (0.67–3.59) 0.308 1.33 (0.91–1.94) 0.140*
Secondary school or higher 1.28 (0.94–1.73) 0.116* 1.17 (0.21–6.37) 0.859 1.21 (0.67–2.16) 0.527 2.68 (0.94–7.63) 0.065* 1.24 (0.81–1.89) 0.315
Occupation (Ref = Not a Logger, fisher and farmer)
Yes 1.16 (0.95–1.42) 0.154* 1.69 (0.77–3.70) 0.195* 0.89 (0.64–1.22) 0.47 1.73 (0.92–3.28) 0.090* 1.28 (0.94–1.76) 0.120*
Household level covariates
High-risk cluster (Ref = No)
Yes 1.1 (0.88–1.34) 0.412 1.97 (0.68–5.70) 0.21 2.09 (1.09–4.00) 0.027** 1.24 (0.90–1.71) 0.192*
Household structure (Ref = Open)
At least one closed room 0.93 (0.76–1.15) 0.527 1.16 (0.52–2.60) 0.719 0.8 (0.58–1.10) 0.182* 0.83 (0.43–1.59) 0.585 0.99 (0.71–1.39) 0.952
Wall material (Ref = Cement or wood)
Palm, leaf, straw, corrugated plastic 1.06 (0.83–1.35) 0.651 2.08 (0.93–4.62) 0.073* 0.9 (0.57–1.41) 0.644 0.82 (0.36–1.87) 0.638 1.13 (0.79–1.61) 0.519
Roof material (Ref = Corrugated plastic)
Palm, leaf, straw 1.1 (0.86–1.41) 0.438 0.56 (0.26–1.22) 0.147* 1.14 (0.50–2.58) 0.752 1.21 (0.88–1.67) 0.24
Household sprayed (Ref = Yes)
No 0.91 (0.58–1.44) 0.71 1.89 (0.76–4.69) 0.172* 0.83 (0.45–1.54) 0.562 0.54 (0.13–2.25) 0.399 1.84 (0.25–13.47) 0.548
Electricity supply (Ref = No)
Yes 0.96 (0.79–1.18) 0.764 0.63 (0.25–1.56) 0.319 1.13 (0.80–1.60) 0.488 0.77 (0.38–1.55) 0.467 0.88 (0.59–1.31) 0.543
Livestock (Ref = Yes)
No 1.1 (0.88–1.36) 0.4 0.95 (0.38–2.36) 0.907 0.99 (0.71–1.37) 0.932 0.92 (0.49–1.74) 0.803 1.35 (0.95–1.91) 0.094*

Mixed-effect Poisson Models; PR = Prevalence Ratio; Wald test p-value; *p-value < 0.2; **p-value < 0.05.