Seasonal Profile and Five-Year Trend Analysis of Malaria Prevalence in Maygaba Health Center, Welkait District, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Binary logistic regression analysis of factors associated with P. falciparum and P. vivax infection during 2015-2019.

(a) With Plasmodium falciparum

Variable	AOR	95% CI	value
Gender
Male	1
Female	1.074	0.72-1.188	0.163
Season
Summer (Jun. to Aug.)	1
Autumn (Sep. to Nov.)	2.557	1.403-2.770	<0.001
Winter (Dec. to Feb.)	1.528	1.422-1.661	<0.001
Spring (Mar. to May)	0.581	0.461-0.731	<0.001
Mean seasonal rainfall	0.980	0.936-1.025	0.379
Mean seasonal temperature	0.788	0.744-0.836	<0.001

(b) With Plasmodium vivax

Variable	AOR	95% CI	value
Gender
Male	1
Female	0.754	0.681-0.835	<0.001
Season
Summer (Jun. to Aug.)	1
Autumn (Sep. to Nov.)	2.129	1.698-2.669	<0.001
Winter (Dec. to Feb.)	1.966	1.556-2.484	<0.001
Spring (Mar. to May)	0.731	0.651-0.995	<0.001
Mean seasonal rainfall	1.051	1.003-1.101	0.038
Mean seasonal temperature	1.297	1.229-1.369	<0.001