Investigating the Effect of Prompt Treatment on Malaria Prevalence in Children Aged below Five Years in Zambia: A Nested Case-Control Study in a Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 2

Basic characteristics of the cases and controls.

No.	Variable	Cases	Controls	Total	values
1	Age—mean (std. dev.)	3.30 (1.10)	3.35 (1.08)	3.34 (1.09)	0.555
2	Sex—female (%)	114 (54.6)	278 (54.4)	392 (54.4)	0.972
3	Residence—rural (%)	184 (88.0)	397 (77.7)	581 (80.1)	0.001
4	Wealth—poorest 5^th (%)	62 (29.7)	116 (22.7)	178 (24.7)	0.049
5	Standard house—yes (%)	11 (5.3)	64 (12.5)	75 (10.4)	0.004
6	IRS—yes (%)	51 (24.4)	114 (29.0)	251 (27.6)	0.214
7	ITN slept—yes (%)	73 (35.0)	178 (35.0)	251 (35.0)	0.981
8	Malaria treated past 2 weeks—yes (%)	209 (100.0)	—	209 (29.0)	<0.001
Total (%)		209 (29.0)	511 (71.0)	720 (100)