Table 2 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis on presence of asymptomatic carriage rates as diagnosed by microscopy in regards to age and parasite carriage associations
Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | No. infected/total examined | COR (95 % CI) | P-value | AOR (95 % CI) | P-value |
Sex | |||||
Male | 35/519 | 1.00 | - | reference | reference |
Female | 20/575 | 0.49 (0.28-0.87) | 0.015 | 0.54 (0.30-0.96) | 0.036 |
Age in years | |||||
≤5 | 21/166 | 1.00 | - | reference | reference |
6-15 | 18/373 | 0.35 (0.18-0.67) | 0.002 | 0.35 (0.18-0.67) | 0.002 |
16-25 | 5/165 | 0.20 (0.07-0.50) | 0.001 | 0.22 (0.08-0.57) | 0.002 |
26-35 | 8/263 | 0.21 (0.08-0.54) | 0.001 | 0.24 (0.09-0.61) | 0.003 |
>35 | 4/127 | 0.16 (0.04-0.57) | 0.004 | 0.15 (0.04-0.54) | 0.003 |