Malaria hot spot along the foothills of Rakhine state, Myanmar: geospatial distribution of malaria cases in townships targeted for malaria elimination

Table 3 Factors associated with delayed diagnosis (>24 hours of symptoms) among investigated malaria cases, N= 157

Characteristics	Total	Delayed Diagnosis, N	(%)	Unadjusted PR (95% CI)	p Value
Total	157	127	80.1
Age in years
< 5	12	9	75.0	Ref
5 to 14	35	26	74.3	0.99 (0.68-1.45)	0.9609
15 to 24	33	25	75.8	1.01 (0.69-1.48)	0.9853
25 to 34	32	30	93.8	1.25 (0.89-1.75)	0.0809
35 to 44	17	14	82.4	1.10 (0.74-1.63)	0.6302
≥ 45	28	23	82.1	1.10 (0.76-1.58)	0.6049
Gender
Female	47	32	25.2	Ref
Male	110	95	74.8	1.27 (1.03-1.56)	0.0076
Occupation
Non Risk occupation	94	76	59.8	Ref
Risk occupation	63	51	40.2	1.00 (0.86-1.17)	0.9874
Type of Provider
Volunteer	57	45	78.9	Ref
Basic Health staff	56	48	85.7	0.92 (0.78-1.09)	0.3460
Doctor	32	28	87.5	0.90(0.75-1.09)	0.3133
Response team	12	6	50.0	0.63 (0.35-1.13)	0.0379
Place of diagnosis
Community	69	51	73.9	Ref
Health centres	56	48	85.7	1.16 (0.97-1.38)	0.1060
Hospitals	22	21	95.5	1.29 (1.09-1.53)	0.0304
Clinics	10	7	70	0.95 (0.62-1.45)	0.7935
History of malaria
No	119	100	84.0	Ref
Yes	38	27	71.1	0.85 (0.68-1.05)	0.0764
Type of the case
Indigenous(within village)	70	49	70.0	Ref
Indigenous(outside village)	81	75	93.6	1.35 (1.15-1.56)	0.0002
Imported	13	11	84.6	1.22(0.92-1.61)	0.2678
Relapse	6	3	50.0	0.71 (0.32-1.61)	0.3118

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