Table 2 |
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Influence of socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors on malaria in a multivariate logistic regression analysis. |
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Stepwise logistic Regression |
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Determinants |
OR1 |
CI |
p-value |
OR1 |
CI |
p-value |
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Reference* |
1 |
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Economic status2 |
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'average' |
0.88 |
0.66 - 1.16 |
0.35 |
0.88 |
0.67-1.15 |
0.34 |
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'rich' |
0.56 |
0.41 - 0.76 |
< 0.001 |
0.56 |
0.42-0.75 |
< 0.001 |
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Use of protection measures3 |
0.71 |
0.51 - 1.00 |
0.05 |
0.72 |
0.51-1.00 |
0.05 |
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Age < 1 - ≤ 5 years |
3.34 |
2.57-4.36 |
< 0.001 |
3.39 |
2.61-4.40 |
< 0.001 |
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Age > 5 years |
2.10 |
1.52 - 2.88 |
< 0.001 |
2.04 |
1.51-2.75 |
< 0.001 |
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Place of Residence |
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West of Agogo |
0.77 |
0.43 - 1.37 |
0.38 |
0.78 |
0.44-1.37 |
0.38 |
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Near street |
0.52 |
0.37 - 0.74 |
< 0.001 |
0.51 |
0.36-0.72 |
< 0.001 |
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Greater Konongo |
0.39 |
0.28- 0.53 |
< 0.001 |
0.39 |
0.29-0.54 |
< 0.001 |
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Ethnic group |
0.90 |
0.63 - 1.29 |
0.58 |
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Number of children |
1.19 |
0.87- 1.64 |
0.28 |
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Sex |
0.88 |
0.70 - 1.10 |
0.26 |
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Mother's age |
1.02 |
0.78-1.33 |
0.91 |
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*Reference: Economic status ‚poor', no use of protection measures, age ≤ 1 year, place of residence ‚Greater Agogo', Ethnic group ‚Northeners, > 4 children, sex: male, mother age ≤ 30 years of age. 1Odds ratio mutually adjusted with all other variables in a multivariable logistic regression 2Economic status classified by using factor 1 of PCA (Table 1) 3Reported protection measures such as bed net or window fences |
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Krefis et al. Malaria Journal 2010 9:201 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-201 |
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