Prevalence of Malaria and Associated Factors among Malaria-Suspected Patients Attending Hamusit Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with malaria among febrile patients attending Hamusit Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia, from February to March 2020.

Variables	Category	Number examined	Rate of Plasmodium infection (%)	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex	Male	105	23 (21.9)	1
	Female	105	38 (36.2)	2.022 (1.099-3.722)	0.024	2.261 (1.118-4.571)	0.023
Age group (years)	6-15	57	32 (56.1)	5.473 (2.825-10.602)		2.463 (0.723-8.394)	0.150
	>15	153	29 (19.0)	1
Residence	Urban	17	4 (23.5)	1
	Rural	193	57 (29.5)	1.362 (0.426-4.356)	0.602
Family size	<5	92	26 (28.3)	1
	≥5	118	35 (29.7)	1.070 (0.586-1.954)	0.825
Malaria history within the previous 1 year	Yes	96	28 (29.2)	1.011 (0.556-1.838)	0.972
	No	114	33 (28.9)	1
Family members with history of malaria	Yes	114	44 (38.6)	2.921 (1.532-5.571)	0.001	2.598 (1.264-5.340)	0.009
	No	96	17 (17.7)	1
Habit of sleeping under ITN	Always	127	41(32.3)	1
	Sometimes	24	7 (29.2)	0.816 (0.316-2.107)	0.674	1.134 (0.378-3.401)	0.822
	Never	59	13 (22.0)	0.620 (0.301-1.276)	0.194	0.947 (0.419-2.140)	0.895
House sprayed with IRS within 12 months	Yes	65	15 (23.1)	1
	No	145	46 (27.6)	1.549 (0.789-3.041)	0.204	1.395 (0.642-3.032)	0.400
Presence of hole in the wall	Yes	92	28 (30.4)	1.127 (0.619-2.051)	0.696
	No	118	33 (28.0)	1
Presence of surface water within 500 m from home	Yes	160	53 (33.1)	2.600 (1.140-5.932)	0.023	2.225 (0.884-5.597)	0.809
	No	50	8 (16.0)	1
Habit of sleeping or working outside at night	Yes	54	16 (29.6)	1.039 (0.527-2.048)	0.913
	No	156	45 (28.8)	1

AOR: adjusted odd ratio; CI: confidence interval; COR: crude odd ratio.