Comparison of Partec Rapid Malaria Test with Conventional Light Microscopy for Diagnosis of Malaria in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of patients and malaria positivity by light microscopy Gendewuha health center, Northwest Ethiopia, from June to July, 2013.

Characteristics	Light microscopy
	Tested patients (%)	Positive (%)	Negative (%)	COR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Gender
Male	99 (55.0)	53 (53.5)	46 (46.5)	0.459	0.250–0.839
Female	81 (45.0)	28 (34.6)	53 (65.4)	1
Age in years
1–9	51 (28.3)	15 (29.4)	36 (70.6)	1.029	0.234–4.521
10–19	44 (24.4)	17 (38.6)	27 (61.4)	0.681	0.155–2.997
20–29	60 (33.3)	42 (70.0)	18 (30.0)	0.199	0.046–0.853	0.179	0.040–0.792
30–39	15 (8.3)	5 (33.3)	10 (66.7)	0.857	0.152–4.819
≥40	10 (5.6)	3 (30.0)	7 (70.0)	1
Residence
Rural	86 (47.8)	49 (57.0)	37 (43.0)	0.390	0.213–0.713	0.437	0.0228–0.835
Urban	94 (52.2)	32 (34.0)	62 (66.0)	1
Educational background
Illiterate	76 (42.2)	39 (51.3)	37 (48.7)	0.632	0.100–4.00
Read and write	39 (21.7)	17 (43.6)	22 (56.4)	0.863	0.129–5.756
Primary school	51 (28.3)	21 (41.2)	30 (58.8)	1.033	0.158–6.741
Secondary	9 (5.0)	3 (33.3)	6 (66.7)	1.333	0.139–12.818
College/university	5 (2.8)	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)	1
Occupation
Farmer	39 (21.7)	18 (46.2)	21 (53.8)	0.648	0.184–2.28
Merchant	34 (18.9)	10 (29.4)	24 (70.6)	1.33	0.357–4.98
Civil servant	7 (3.9)	2 (28.6)	5 (71.4)	1.389	0.194–9.96
Daily laborers	47 (26.1)	31 (66.0)	16 (34.0)	0.287	0.082–0.99
Housewife	30 (16.7)	12 (40.0)	18 (60.0)	0.833	0.224–3.10
Private	9 (5.0)	4 (44.4)	5 (55.6)	0.694	0.126–3.83
Student	14 (7.8)	5 (35.7)	9 (64.3)	1

= number; COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.