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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of the relationship between (any) antimalarial drug obtained and selected predictors (all visited shops)

From: Malaria treatment in the retail sector: Knowledge and practices of drug sellers in rural Tanzania

  

Univariate model

Multivariate model

Predictor

n

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P*

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P*

Case scenario

     

- Child 2–4 months

43

1

 

1

 

- Child 1–4 years

33

0.85 (0.22–3.30)

0.815

0.62 (0.09–4.00)

0.612

- Adult

42

3.43 (1.18–9.98)

0.024

9.30 (1.70–50.92)

0.010

Shop type

     

- General shop

98

1

 

1

 

- Drug store

20

26.40 (7.91–88.10)

<0.001

76.47 (13.07–447.50)

<0.001

Location

     

- Ifakara

32

1

 

1

 

- DSS

86

0.95 (0.35–2.53)

0.911

1.65 (0.41–6.66)

0.480

  1. * Wald test of significance of effect