Table 6 Other determinants associated with P. falciparum carriage in Northern Cameroon

Site

Adamaoua

1.2

[0.97–1.5]

0.08

1.04

[0.8–1.3]

0.72

North

1

1

Gender

 Male

1.1

[0.9–1.4]

0.43

1.1

[0.8–1.3]

0.5

 Female

1

1

Presence of bednet

 Present

1

1

 Absent

1.8

[1.2–2.8]

0.004

1.85

[1.2–2.85]

0.005

Duration with bednet

 ≥ 2 years

1.4

[1.01–2.1]

0.04

–

–

–

 < 2 years

1

–

–

–

Type of bednet

 LLIN

1

–

–

–

 Others

4.2

[1.76–11.1]

0.002

–

–

–

Slept under bednet

 No

1.1

[0.7–1.6]

0.7

–

–

–

 Yes

1

–

–

–

Bednet bound mat

 Yes

1.1

[0.7–1.6]

0.7

–

–

–

 No/other

1

–

–

–

State of the bednet

 < 2 holes

1.1

[0.8–1.5]

0.55

–

–

–

 ≥ 2 holes

1

–

–

–

Time of last infection

 Last week

1.6

[1.1–2.4]

0.02

1.58

[1.04–2.38]

0.03

 Last month

1.7

[1.26–2.3]

< 0.001

1.68

[1.2–2.3]

0.001

 This year

1.4

[1.05–1.9]

0.02

1.4

[1.04–1.96]

0.026

 Not this year

1

1

Spent night out of home

 No info

1.01

[0.46–2.1]

0.97

0.6

[0.2–1.5]

0.3

 Yes

1.2

[0.76–1.9]

0.4

1.1

[0.67–1.7]

0.7

 No

1

1