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Table 5 Adjusted effect of age and period on pathogens carriage among the study participants

From: Upper respiratory infections in a rural area with reduced malaria transmission in Senegal: a pathogens community study

Presence of virus

 

Frequency (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

aOR (95%CI)

p value

Age categories

  < 1 year

78.9 (67.5–87.7)

Reference

Reference

 

 1–5 years

69.1 (60.1–77.1)

0.60 (0.30–1.19)

0.58 (0.28–1.19)

0.13

 6–15 years

64.2 (35.1–87.2)

0.48 (0.14–1.65)

0.52 (0.14–1.87)

0.32

  > 15 years

59.5 (43.3–74.4)

0.39 (0.17–0.97)

0.39 (0.16–0.94)

0.04

Study period

 August

88.0 (75.7–95.5)

Reference

Reference

 

 September

58.0 (43.2–71.8)

0.19 (0.07–0.52)

0.19 (0.07–0.55)

0.002

 October

82.0 (68.6–91.4)

0.56 (0.19–1.68)

0.61 (0.20–1.85)

0.38

 November

60.0 (45.2–73.6)

0.21 (0.08–0.60)

0.22 (0.08–0.64)

0.005

 December

62.0 (47.2–75.3)

0.22 (0.08–0.62)

0.22 (0.08–0.63)

0.005

Presence of bacteria

 

Frequency (95%CI)

OR (95%CI)

aOR (95%CI)

p value

Age categories

  < 1 year

90.1 (80.7–95.9)

Reference

Reference

 1–5 years

88.6 (81.6 - 93.6)

0.85 (0.33–2.22)

0.82 (0.30–2.24)

0.69

 6–15 years

92.8 (66.1–99.8)

1.42 (0.16–12.56)

0.95 (0.09–9.25)

0.97

  > 15 years

50.0 (34.2–65.8)

0.11 (0.04–0.29)

0.05 (0.02–0.18)

< 0.001

Study period

 August

66.0 (51.2–78.8)

Reference

Reference

 September

98 (89.3–99.9)

25.2 (3.5–45.8)

56.5 (6.19–60.8)

< 0.001

 October

80 (66.3–89.9)

1.87 (0.77–4.55)

3.55 (1.21–10.39)

0.02

 November

84 (70.9–92.8)

3.09 (1.15–8.33)

8.66 (2.47–30.44)

0.001

 December

86 (73.2–94.2)

3.16 (1.17–8.52)

4.51 (1.45–14.02)

0.009

  1. Goodness of fit: chi (8df) = 3.74; p = 0.88. Area under the curve: 83.4%. Akaike information criterion (AIC) = 298.26; Bayesian information criterion = 326.43. Variance inflation factor (VIF) = 1.48