Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Research
A Spatial Analysis of Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Determinants of Malaria Incidence in Adults, Ontario, Canada
Table 4
Results of regression analyses of individual- and neighborhood-level variables of malaria incidence, Ontario, Canada, 2008–2009*
Variable | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
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Null model | Fully adjusted | 1st vs. 4th quartile | |
Residents who are immigrants from malaria-endemic areas, % | 1.07 (1.05–1.09) | 1.09 (1.06–1.12) | 17.66 (7.17–43.48) |
Median income, CAD$ | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | 3.29 (1.34–8.09)† |
Population density | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | 0.99 (0.99–0.99) | 6.39 (2.48–16.49)† |
Male sex | 2.80 (1.64–4.78) | 2.24 (1.24–4.05) | NA |
*Dependent variable: case-patients (positive malaria test); goodness-of-fit, Hosmer-Lemeshow test, p = 0.76. CAD$, Canadian dollars; NA, not applicable.
†Reverse coded to show 4th vs. 1st quartile.
1Current affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.