Table 2.
Distribution of clinical malaria in the study population stratified according to study site, age and gender
| Parameter | n | Clinical malaria present n (%) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 | p value | aχ2 | p value | |||
| Study site | ||||||
| Bamenda | 133 | 18 (13.5) | 13.745 | 0.008 | ||
| Limbe | 140 | 31 (22.1) | ||||
| Yaounde | 127 | 22 (17.3) | ||||
| Maroua | 72 | 4 (5.6) | 73.866 | < 0.0001 | ||
| Ngaoundere | 126 | 13 (10.3) | ||||
| Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| < 5 | 292 | 32 (11.0) | 7.221 | 0.027 | ||
| 5–9 | 204 | 40 (19.6) | ||||
| ≥ 10 | 106 | 16 (15.1) | 7.521 | 0.023 | ||
| Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Females | 283 | 48 (16.9) | 2.349 | 0.125 | ||
| Males | 319 | 40 (12.5) | 0.254 | 0.614 | ||
| Total | 602 | 88 (14.6) | ||||
aChi square values obtained from the likelihood ratio tests