From: Malaria among foreign migrant workers in Savannakhet Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Variables | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
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Malaria episode (%) | Odds ratio | 95% CIa | Odds ratio | 95% CIa | |
Gender | |||||
Female | 5.6 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference |
Male | 11.9 | 2.23 | 0.75–6.64 | 1.53 | 0.42–5.61 |
Age (years) | |||||
< 29 | 5.6 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference |
30–39 | 9.9 | 1.82 | 0.65–5.09 | 1.32 | 0.44–3.96 |
40–49 | 13.8 | 2.74 | 0.97–7.72 | 2.01 | 0.62–6.46 |
> 50 | 29.0 | 6.46 | 2.19–19.05 | 4.90 | 1.54–15.54 |
Occupation | |||||
Factory worker | 7.1 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference |
Trader/shopkeeper | 8.5 | 1.09 | 0.23–5.19 | 2.06 | 0.50–8.46 |
Plantation worker/farmer | 17.2 | 2.54 | 0.88–7.31 | 1.29 | 0.44–3.83 |
Construction worker/wood cutter | 33.3 | 5.96 | 1.08–32.79 | 4.81 | 0.88–26.30 |
Other | 11.5 | 1.56 | 0.32–7.54 | 1.39 | 0.29–6.60 |
Use of bed net | |||||
Every day/often | 11.1 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference |
Sometimes/never | 9.6 | 0.74 | 0.32–1.74 | 0.76 | 0.30–1.92 |
Forest activity in Lao PDR | |||||
No | 6.7 | 1.00 | Reference | 1.00 | Reference |
Yes | 26.8 | 5.53 | 2.31–13.25 | 5.24 | 1.91–14.34 |