Table 4

Chloroquine prevalence in urines of children between two and nine years of age according to site's characteristics.

Site's characteristics
N*
CQ+†
Prevalence of CQ‡ %
crudeOR
95%CI
p

Country
Senegal
1023
223
22
1.00




Burkina Faso
1007
478
47
3.69
1.49
9.16
0.005

Cameroon
1022
561
55
5.54
2.23
13.72
0.000
Region
North
1547
811
52
1.00




South
1505
451
30
0.31
0.15
0.66
0.002
Type of area
rural
2443
900
37
1.00




urban
609
362
59
2.93
1.01
8.46
0.047
Prop. ‡ living in an other locality one year before the study
< 5%
1424
471
33
1.00




>= 5%
1628
791
49
2.29
0.97
5.40
0.058
Prop. ‡ living in an other site for more than 1 month during the preceding year
< 15%
1920
685
36
1.00




>= 15%
1132
577
51
2.24
0.92
5.45
0.077
Proportion of visitors among individuals present in the households the night before
< 2%
1918
635
33
1.00




>= 2%
1134
627
55
3.02
1.29
7.07
0.011
Prop. ‡ had a not damaged bed-net
< 30%
1826
868
48
1.00




>= 30%
1226
394
32
0.48
0.20
1.15
0.100
Prop. ‡ had access to stockpiles of antimalarial drugs at home
< 20%
1955
605
31
1.00




>= 20%
1097
657
60
4.05
1.86
8.81
0.000
Average number of individuals by household
< 7
834
501
60
1.00




7–9
1293
504
39
0.35
0.13
0.93
0.035

>= 10
925
257
28
0.21
0.07
0.61
0.004
Socioeconomic level score in 2 classes
<6
2540
914
36
1.00




>= 6
512
349
68
4.73
1.74
12.87
0.002
Length of the travel to join the nearest sanitary structure
< 1 km
404
304
75
1.00




1–9.9 km
1034
425
41
0.20
0.06
0.67
0.010

>= 10 km
1614
533
33
0.13
0.04
0.42
0.001
Length of the travel to join the pharmacy the most used
< 5 km
504
340
67
1.00




5–9.9 km
1034
425
41
0.29
0.09
0.95
0.041

>= 10 km
1514
497
33
0.19
0.06
0.57
0.003
Duration of the route to join the nearest tarmacked road
< 1 hour
1336
640
48
1.00




>= 1 hour
1716
622
36
0.56
0.23
1.37
0.206
Prevalence rate of the anti-CSP antibodies among children between two and nine years of age
< 20%
635
245
39
1.00




20–39.9%
1227
746
61
2.81
1.13
6.97
0.026

>= 40%
1190
271
23
0.44
0.17
1.12
0.088
Prevalence rate of P. falciparum trophozoites among children between two and nine years of age
< 25%
428
126
29
1.00




25–49%
526
351
67
6.62
1.67
26.23
0.007

50–74%
989
407
41
1.76
0.52
5.92
0.359

>= 75%
1109
378
34
1.27
0.38
4.21
0.693

*N number of samples of urine, † CQ+ = number of samples with chloroquine in urines, ‡ Prop.: proportion of inhabitants of the site who

Logistic regression model with random effect taking into account the interdependency of observations made within the same site.

Gardella et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:124   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-124

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