Malaria Infection, Parasitemia, and Hemoglobin Levels in Febrile Patients Attending Sibu Sire Health Facilities, Western Ethiopia

Table 7

Associated risk factors with malaria among malaria-infected patients, 2020 ().

Risk factors		(%)	COR	AOR	value
Sex	Male	99 (58.9)	1	1	1
	Female	69 (41.1)	2.844 (1.002-8.077)	0.352 (0.024-0.998)	0.050
Age	Under 5	20 (11.9)	0.632 (0.161-1.388)	0.087 (0.010-0.797)	0.031
	5-14	30 (17.9)	0.847 (0.203-2.324)	0.223 (0.014-1.070)	0.048
	15-30	74 (44)	0.709 (0.242-2.365)	0.117 (0.015-0.942)	0.044
	31-49	29 (17.3)	0.879 (0.223-2.254)	0.187 (0.021-1.669)	0.033
	>49	15 (8.9)	1	1	1
Educ. status	Illiterate	74 (44)	0.283 (0.023-3.425)	3.538 (0.292-12.890)	0.321
	Primary school	56 (33.3)	2.438 (0.491-12.105)	0.410 (0.083-2.037)	0.276
	Secondary school	23 (13.7)	1.135 (0.224-5.738)	0.881 (0.174-4.455)	0.878
	College and above	15 (9)	1	1	1
Residence	Rural	144 (85.7)	0.279 (0.084-2.0.919)	3.588 (0.088-11.839)	0.036
	Urban	24(14.3)	1	1	1
Bed net utilization	Yes	45 (26.8)	5.800 (1.657-20.302)	0.172 (0.049-0.604)	0.006
	No	123 (73.2)	1	1	1
Living around stagnant water	Yes	108 (64.3)	1	1	1
	No	60 (35.7)	6.176 (1.603-23.796)	0.162 (0.042-0.624)	0.008
Application of IRS	Yes	34 (20.2)	1	1	1
	No	134 (79.8)	0.195 (0.041-0.919)	5.130 (1.088-24.176)	0.039
Wearing of protective cloth during night	Yes	10 (6)	4.408 (1.024-18.973)	0.227 (0.053-0.976)	0.046
	No	158 (94)	1	1	1

Crude odd ratio; adjusted odd ratio.