Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Research
Malaria Prevalence among Young Infants in Different Transmission Settings, Africa
Table 4
Characteristics of 0- to 6-month-old infants with malaria in 3 African countries with different transmission settings
Variable | No malaria, n (%), N = 2,036 | Malaria, n (%), N = 183 | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crude | Adjusted* | ||||
Country | |||||
The Gambia | 709 (96.6) | 25 (3.4) | Reference | Reference | |
Benin | 736 (96.7) | 25 (3.3) | 0.96 (0.55–1.69) | 0.74 (0.41–1.32) | 0.307 |
Guinea |
591 (81.6) |
133 (18.4) |
6.38 (4.11–9.92) |
5.28 (3.30–8.44) |
0.001 |
Sex | |||||
F | 1,040 (92.8) | 81 (7.2) | |||
M |
996 (90.7) |
102 (9.3) |
1.31 (0.97-1.78) |
1.13 (0.80–1.59) |
0.491 |
Fever or history of fever† | |||||
No | 1,573 (94.4) | 94 (5.6) | |||
Yes |
458 (83.7) |
89 (16.3) |
3.25 (2.38–4.44) |
1.65 (1.15–2.37) |
0.007 |
Anemia‡ | |||||
No | 1,724 (95.5) | 81 (4.5) | |||
Yes |
312 (75.4) |
102 (24.6) |
6.96 (5.01–9.67) |
5.54 (3.91–7.84) |
0.001 |
Weight, kg | |||||
<5 | 1,225 (88.7) | 156 (11.3) | |||
>5 | 811 (96.8) | 27 (3.2) | 0.26 (0.17–0.40) | 0.29 (0.19–0.45) | 0.001 |
*Adjusted for country, sex, fever, anemia, age, and weight.
†History of fever refers to fever in the 24 h before the structured questionnaire was completed.
‡Defined as hemoglobin level of <10 g/dL.
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