Table 4.

Multivariable GEE analysis for malaria parasitaemia by microscopy and CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 (Pf) in health care facilities in Ghana

Characteristics	Microscopy			CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 (Pf)
	OR	95% CI	p-value	OR	95% CI	p-value
Gender
Maled
Female	0.78	0.66–0.91	0.002	0.70	0.62–0.80	< 0.001
Age group (yrs)
15 – 19d
≥ 20	0.37	0.29–0.46	< 0.001	0.42	0.36–0.50	< 0.001
Education
Noned
Primary	1.10	0.84–1.45	0.478	1.08	0.91–1.29	0.357
Junior High	1.00	0.83–1.19	0.954	1.01	0.90–1.15	0.841
Senior High	0.92	0.74–1.14	0.432	0.88	0.77–1.00	0.056
Tertiary	0.92	0.73–1.15	0.449	0.78	0.65–0.92	0.004
Marital status
Singled
aMarried	1.07	0.89–1.30	0457	0.97	0.86–1.09	0.613
bDivorced	1.02	0.67–1.55	0.928	0.92	0.73–1.16	0.467
cPAMI
Nod
Yes	0.72	0.54–0.95	0.020	0.95	0.79–1.15	0.603

^aIncludes cohabiting

^bIncludes separated

^cPrevious antimalarial intake

^dReference category