Table 3.

Association between nPCR positivity and sample characteristics (sex, age, elevation, bed net use and seropositivity)

	PCR positive
	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex
Female	Ref		Ref
Male	1.3 (0.8–2.0)	0.231	0.8 (0.5–1.2)	0.21
Age intervals (years)
< 5	Ref		Ref
5–14	1.2 (0.5–2.9)	0.758	1.3 (0.5–3.4)	0.535
15–24	1.0 (0.3–3.1)	0.974	1.3 (0.4–3.6)	0.702
25–49	0.5 (0.2–1.9)	0.343	0.7 (0.2–3.9)	0.528
≥ 50	0.4 (0.1–3.2)	0.407	0.5 (0.1–3.9)	0.512
Elevation (m)
> 2000	Ref		Ref
< 2000	7.2 (1.0–53.5)	0.052	5.0 (0.1–53.7)	0.118
Use of bed net (N = 1798)
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	0.267	0.8 (0.4–1.3)	0.345
Seropositivity
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	5.9 (2.0–17.1)	0.001	10.0 (3.2–29.4)	< 0.001