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Table 2 Factors associated with malaria with malaria at Kilangali village, Kilosa district, central Tanzania

From: Malaria among rice farming communities in Kilangali village, Kilosa district, Central Tanzania: prevalence, intensity and associated factors

Variables

Response

cOR

95% CI

P-value

aOR

95% CI

P-value

Sex

Female

1

  

1

  

Male

1.53

1.13–2.09

0.01

1.31

0.94–1.82

0.11

Age (years)

1–10

4.38

2.07–9.27

0.01

4.41

1.96–9.93

0.001

11–20

5.54

2.56–11.98

0.001

6.68

2.91–15.37

0.001

21–30

1.17

0.44–3.06

0.75

1.37

0.48–3.84

0.55

31–40

1.42

0.51–3.94

0.49

1.63

0.55–4.90

0.38

41–50

1.52

0.54–4.19

0.43

1.88

0.65–5.46

0.24

≥ 51

1

     

Sub-villages

Chamwino

1

     

Kisiwani

1.35

0.69–2.62

0.38

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Kwamtunga

0.62

0.32–1.23

0.18

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Makuruwili

1.16

0.59–2.26

0.67

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Mlegeni

1.30

0.65–2.58

0.45

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Upogoroni

0.96

0.48–1.94

0.92

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Splenomegaly

No

1

     

Yes

8.14

2.81–23.54

0.001

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Anaemia (g/dl)

10.0–10.9

1.88

1.25–2.83

0.001

1.71

1.11–2.62

0.014

7.0–9.9

1.61

1.07–2.41

0.002

1.55

1.01–2.39

0.045

4.0–6.0

1.44

0.39–5.17

0.023

1.43

0.38–5.35

0.59

Net use

No

1

     

Yes

0.54

0.34–0.83

0.005

0.69

0.44–1.12

0.14