A Comparative Study of Asymptomatic Malaria in a Forest Rural and Depleted Forest Urban Setting during a Low Malaria Transmission and COVID-19 Pandemic Period

Table 2

Simple logistic regression models predicting P. falciparum (HRP2) Ag RDT strip test status.

Variables	Category	N	Univariate models
			Coef. (95% CI)	p-value
Community^a	Rural	188	2.782 (1.842-3.724)	<0.001
	Urban	119
Age (years)	Median (IQR); 30 (12-50) years	307	-0.005 (-0.017-0.007)	0.409
Gender^b	Female	187	0.176 (-0.336-0.688)	0.501
	Male	120
Farm around the house^c	Yes	259	3.059 (1.061-5.058)	0.003
	No	47
Occupation^d (others = 3)	Skilled	25	1.023 (0.337-1.709)	0.003
	Semi- skilled	31
	Other	251
Sleep under net^e	Yes	67	0.827 (-1.403-3.056)	0.467
	No	37

N: Number of observations, Coef: Coefficient, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, ^aRural is the reference category, ^bMale is the reference category, ^cHaving farm around the house is the reference category, ^dOthers (sand miners, farmers, students, housewives, guards, jobless combined to form one category) is the reference category, ^eSleeping under net is the reference category.