Table 2 Association among the total population (N = 947) from 7099 observations between having any gametocytes detected and visit-specific predictor variables from mixed-effect logistic regression, accounting for repeated measures and clustering by household
Visit-specific characteristics | Number of observations, (% of total observations) (N = 7099) | OR of gametocyte-positive infection (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
Visit type | ||
Routine | 6683 (94.1%) | Ref |
Passive case detection visit | 416 (5.9%) | 3.15 (1.89, 5.26) |
Fever (subjective + objective) | ||
No Fever | 6263 (88.2%) | Ref |
Fever | 836 (11.8%) | 1.82 (1.22, 2.73) |
Net use previous nighta | ||
No net use | 1597 (24.0%) | Ref |
Used net | 5070 (76.0%) | 0.95 (0.66, 1.37) |
Season | ||
Dry | 3492 (49.2%) | Ref |
Rainy | 3607 (50.8%) | 1.38 (1.08, 1.76) |
Previously detected Pf parasitemia | ||
Never previously having Pf detected | 2735 (44.5%) | Ref |
Any Previous Pf detected | 3417 (55.5%) | 1.42 (0.91, 2.24) |
No Pf detected at previous visit | 4770 (77.5%) | Ref |
Pf detected at previous visit | 1382 (22.5%) | 0.96 (0.69, 1.34) |
Analyses restricted to individuals with at least two visits (N = 6152) | ||
Previously detected gametocytes | ||
Never previously had gametocytes | 5055 (82.2%) | Ref |
Previously had any gametocytes | 1097 (17.8%) | 3.82 (1.75, 8.33) |
No Gametocytes detected at previous visit | 5675 (92.2%) | Ref |
Gametocytes detected at previous visit | 477 (7.8%) | 0.77 (0.54, 1.11) |
Previous symptomatic malaria | ||
Never previously had symptomatic malaria | 4819 (78.3%) | Ref |
Previously had symptomatic malaria | 1333 (21.7%) | 0.57 (0.35, 0.93) |
No symptomatic malaria at previous visit | 5802 (94.3%) | Ref |
Symptomatic malaria at previous visit | 350 (5.7%) | 0.48 (0.22, 1.01) |
