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Risk factor analysis for malaria infection: uni- and multivariate adjusted analysis using survey logistic regression (n = 429) |
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| Risk factors |
Parasite prevalence |
Cases |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
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| (%) |
n |
N |
OR (95%CI) |
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| Total |
14.2 |
429 |
3,023 |
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| Gender: |
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| - Male |
16.0 |
225 |
1,409 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Female |
12.6 |
204 |
1,614 |
0.76 (0.59–0.99) |
0.75° (0.57–0.98) |
| Age (y): |
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| - < 16 |
17.9 |
121 |
677 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - 16–45 |
13.7 |
270 |
1,976 |
0.73° (0.59–0.90) |
0.65° (0.52–0.81) |
| - > 45 |
10.3 |
38 |
370 |
0.53° (0.36–0.76) |
0.47° (0.31–0.73) |
| Ethnic group: |
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| - Ra-glai |
15.1 |
409 |
2,708 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Others |
6.3 |
20 |
315 |
0.39 (0.14–1.10) |
0.47 (0.16–1.35) |
| Education: |
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| - No |
16.4 |
165 |
1,007 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Primary |
14.2 |
250 |
1,760 |
0.84 (0.55–1.31) |
0.85 (0.55–1.33) |
| - Secondary or more |
5.5 |
14 |
255 |
0.30° (0.20–0.44) |
0.42° (0.27–0.64) |
| Wealth: |
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| - Low |
17.1 |
305 |
1,783 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Medium |
13.6 |
40 |
295 |
0.76 (0.30–1.92) |
0.87 (0.36–2.10) |
| - High |
8.9 |
84 |
945 |
0.43° (0.32–0.71) |
0.51° (0.35–0.75) |
| Forest activities last month: |
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| - No work & no sleep in forest |
12.5 |
50 |
401 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Work +/- sleep occasionally |
14.1 |
358 |
2544 |
1.15 (0.67–1.96) |
1.19 (0.73–1.92) |
| - Work & sleep regularly |
26.9 |
21 |
78 |
2.59° (1.29–5.19) |
2.70° (1.40–5.21) |
| Bed net use: |
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| - No |
28.5 |
39 |
137 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| - Untreated bed net |
23.3 |
49 |
210 |
0.76 (0.42–1.38) |
0.82 (0.44–1.53) |
| - Insecticide-treated bed net |
12.7 |
341 |
2,674 |
0.37° (0.17–0.78) |
0.46° (0.23–0.90) |
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Thang et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:28 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-28 |
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