Table 5.

Linear regression analysis of the factors influencing the number of antigens recognized by the study participants – KMLC cohort.

Covariate	Univariable			Multivariable
	Estimate	95% CI	p value	Estimate	95% CI	p value
Age Group
0 - 5 years	Ref.	.	.	Ref.	.	.
6 - 10 years	0.11	0.03, 0.2	0.0091	0.11	0.03, 0.18	0.0044
11 - 15 years	0.1	-0.04, 0.25	0.1692	0.08	-0.06, 0.21	0.2528
Asexual parasite positive	0.29	0.22, 0.37	<0.001	0.23	0.14, 0.33	<0.001
Gametocyte positive	0.23	0.15, 0.3	<0.001	0.12	0.02, 0.22	0.0217
Sickle
Normal	Ref.	.	.	Ref.	.	.
Heterozygous	0.04	-0.06, 0.15	0.4201	0	-0.09, 0.09	0.9724
α - thalassaemia
Normal	Ref.	.	.	Ref.	.	.
Heterozygous	-0.04	-0.13, 0.05	0.3870	-0.01	-0.09, 0.07	0.8805
Homozygous	-0.03	-0.15, 0.09	0.6393	0.01	-0.1, 0.11	0.8794
Cohort
Junju	Ref.	.	.	Ref.	.	.
Ngerenya-early	0.05	-0.11, 0.22	0.5226	-0.01	-0.13, 0.11	0.8459
Ngerenya-late	-0.17	-0.28, -0.05	0.0048	-0.06	-0.15, 0.03	0.2008

^aParasitaemia as determined by microscopy.

Ref., reference category. P values in bold are statistically significant (p<0.05).