Table 3

Odds ratios of clinical malaria infection among children given their site of residence

Variables

PYs
Episodes
OR
p-value
95% CI

All

758.0
597



Explanatory






Site
Goni
224.4
210
1



Nouna
219.6
165
0.70*
0.023
0.52–0.95

Cissé
150.9
117
0.66*
0.042
0.44–0.98

Kodougou
163.1
134
1.49**
0.009
1.10–2.01
Co-variables






Gender
Male
367.6
280
1



Female
390.4
317
1.01
0.889
0.86–1.19
Age in months
> 12
14.7
10
2.28*
0.015
1.18–4.42

12–23
149.3
144
2.09***
0.000
1.63–2.67

24–35
168.4
164
1.98***
0.000
1.10–2.02

36–47
178.7
145
1.60***
0.000
1.25–2.04

48+
246.8
134
1


Ethnicity
Peulh
151.5
123
1



Mossi
219.2
176
0.56**
0.007
0.37–0.85

Marka
247.7
206
0.81
0.280
0.55–1.19

Bwaba
59.6
53
0.74
0.238
0.45–1.22

Samo
69.3
33
0.51**
0.009
0.31–0.85

Others
10.7
6
0.80
0.611
0.33–1.92
Net use
No
456.3
229
1



Yes
301.7
368
1.14
0.186
0.94–1.40
Water point
No
653.7
526
1



Yes
104.3
71
0.91
0.574
0.65–1.27
Farm
No
476.7
271
1



Yes
281.3
326
1.46***
0.000
1.21–1.78
Animal enclosure
No
266.9
227
1



Yes
491.1
370
0.95
0.612
0.79–1.15
Breeding site
No
697.3
548
1



Yes
60.7
49
1.02
0.921
0.69–1.50
Season
Dry
443.5
225
1



Rainy
314.5
372
2.19***
0.000
1.82–2.65

* Significant at the 0.05 level, ** Significant at the 0.01 level, *** Significant at the 0.001 level, PYs = Person years, OR = Odds ratio

et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:46   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-46

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