Table 2 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for malaria outbreak Workaye Kebele, Simada District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016
Variables | Cases N = 50 (%) | Controls N = 100 (%) | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | ||||||
Traveling history | |||||||||
Yes | 13 | 5 | 6.53 | 2.19 | 19.5 | 2.21 1 | 0.84 | 3.86 | 0.12 |
No | 41 | 103 | 1 | ||||||
Presence of artificial water holding bodies near to the home | |||||||||
Yes | 35 | 23 | 10 | 4.4 | 22.7 | 3.32 1 | 1.18 | 9.3 | < 0.001 |
No | 19 | 85 | 1 | ||||||
Presence of intermittent rivers with 1 km radius | |||||||||
Yes | 45 | 36 | 5.41 | 2.11 | 10.00 | 4.72 1 | 1.6 | 13.65 | 0.004 |
No | 9 | 72 | 1 | ||||||
Knowledge on transmission, prevention and control of malaria | |||||||||
Yes | 17 | 81 | 1 | 1 4.36 | 1.64 | 12.23 | 0.005 | ||
No | 37 | 27 | 5.00 | 2.40 | 10.42 | ||||
Staying outside the home overnight | |||||||||
Yes | 24 | 16 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 14 | 3.23 1 | 0.78 | 4.32 | 0.07 |
No | 30 | 92 | 1 | ||||||
Utilization of LLINs | |||||||||
Yes | 27 | 90 | 1 | 1 5.85 | 1.94 | 17.54 | 0.002 | ||
No | 27 | 18 | 4.61 | 2.16 | 9.78 | ||||
Environmental control | |||||||||
Yes | 11 | 58 | 1 | 1 10.01 | 2.94 | 33.33 | < 0.001 | ||
No | 43 | 50 | 4.54 | 2.11 | 10.00 | ||||