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Table 1 Prevalence rates (PR) and multivariate predictors of infection with P. vivax and P. falciparum by qPCR. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and P-values are given only for statistically significant factors

From: Very high carriage of gametocytes in asymptomatic low-density Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax infections in western Thailand

  

P. vivax

P. falciparum

 

n

PR

AOR

95% CI

P-value

PR

AOR

95% CI

P-value

Region

 Bong Ti

2359

3.82

 

1.85–3.80

0.016

1.36

   

 Kong Mong Tha

415

1.45

0.36

0.16–0.83

0

   

 Suan Phueng

1535

3.12

0.69

0.47–1.01

1.17

   

Gender

 Female

2222

2.03

  

< 0.001

0.63

  

0.003

 Male

2087

4.74

2.65

1.85–3.80

1.72

2.63

1.40–4.94

Age group (years)

 < 7

758

1.19

  

< 0.001

0.40

  

0.088

 7–12

849

1.88

1.87

0.82–4.29

0.82

2.51

0.67–9.88

 13–17

409

3.91

3.93

1.71–9.04

2.20

5.91

1.56–22.4

 18–49

1699

5.30

5.70

2.83–11.5

1.47

3.78

1.12–12.8

 ≥ 50

594

2.19

2.09

0.88–4.97

1.01

2.74

0.67–11.2

Recent travel

 No

4231

3.29

   

1.09

   

 Yes

78

6.41

   

5.13

   

 To Myanmar

27

7.41

   

11.11

9.04

2.53–32.2

0.001

Feeling unwell

 No

4103

3.12

  

0.001

1.12

   

 Yes

206

7.77

3.56

2.03–6.58

1.94

   

Malaria last 2 weeks

 No

4289

3.36

   

1.05

  

< 0.001

 Yes

19

0

   

26.32

30.1

9.87–92.0