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Table 3 Some risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria

From: Prevalence and risk factors associated with asymptomatic malaria among school children: repeated cross-sectional surveys of school children in two ecological zones in Ghana

Parameter

Asymptomatic malaria

 

Exposed group

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

p value

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

p value

Gender

Males

1.24 (1.10, 1.42)

0.001

1.18 (1.03, 1.35)

0.015

Age group (years)

9 to 11

1.13 (0.96, 1.34)

0.154

1.11 (0.93, 1.32)

0.2235

 

12 to 14

1.27 (1.07, 1.50)

0.005

1.28 (1.08, 1.53)

0.005

Anaemia

Anaemic

2.05 (1.73, 2.44)

< 0.0001

2.01 (1.77, 2.51)

< 0.001

Stunted growth

Stunted

1.59 (1.32, 1.93)

< 0.0001

1.46 (1.19, 1.80)

< 0.001

Study site

Begoro

1.14 (1.01, 1.30)

0.04

1.26 (1.10, 1.44)

0.001

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