Prevalence and Associated Factors of Malaria Infection among Outpatients Visiting Shewa Robit Health Center, Northcentral Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of malaria incidence and associated risk factors in Shewa Robit, Ethiopia (n = 422).

Variables	Malaria infection		COR (95% CI)			AOR (95% CI)
	Negative N (%)	Positive N (%)
Age
<5	165 (89.7)	19 (10.3)	1			1
5–14	110 (79.1)	29 (20.9)	2.3	1.22	4.29	2.31	1.15	4.65
15	67 (67.7)	32 (32.3)	4.15	2.20	7.82	4.05	1.95	8.42
Sex
Male	157 (74.1)	55 (25.9)	2.59	1.54	4.35	3.24	1.75	5.97
Female	185(88.1)	25 (11.9)	1			1
Marital status
Married	124 (68.5)	57 (31.5)	4.37	2.56	7.42	4.97	2.67	9.28
Unmarried	218 (90.5)	23 (9.5)	1			1
Family size
<5	178 (88.1)	24 (11.9)	1			1
≥5	164 (74.5)	56 (25.5)	2.53	1.50	4.27	2.20	1.2	4.06
Usage of LLINs
Yes	95 (84.8)	17 (15.2)	1			1
No	247 (79.9)	62 (20.1)	1.40	0.78	2.52	1.4	0.69	2.83
IRS
Yes	94 (87.9)	13 (12.1)	1			1
No	248 (78.7)	67 (21.3)	1.95	1.03	3.70	2.6	1.21	5.60
Availability of a mosquito breeding site near to household
Yes	228 (77.6)	66 (22.4)	2.36	1.27	4.38	3.91	1.87	8.18
No	114 (89.1)	14 (10.9)	1			1
Hole b/n walls and roofs
Yes	139 (74.7)	47 (25.3)	2.08	1.27	3.41	2.1	1.13	3.61
No	203 (86.0)	33 (14.0)	1

LLINs = long-lasting insecticidal nets, IRS = residual indoor residual spraying and indicate significance level at and respectively.