Table 4: Factors associated with Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection from the best model
Variable
|
Univariable |
Multivariable |
OR(95% CI) |
P-value |
AOR(95% CI) |
P-value |
Age of child |
0.95(0.88,1.02) |
0.225 |
0.94(0.84,1.05) |
0.26 |
Sex of Child |
Female |
|
|
|
|
Male |
1.01(0.58,1.75) |
0.981 |
1.03(0.50,2.12) |
0.943 |
Sex of Guardian |
Female |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Male |
1.37(0.72,2.61) |
0.336 |
2.16(0.88,5.29) |
0.092 |
Marital Status of Guardian |
Married |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Not Married |
0.76(0.39,1.50) |
0.336 |
0.51(0.20,1.31) |
0.161 |
Education of Guardian |
No formal education |
1 |
|
|
|
Primary |
1.41(0.39,5.05) |
0.598 |
0.86(0.16,4.54) |
0.859 |
Secondary and above |
1.47(0.42,5.15) |
0.546 |
0.94(0.19,4.74) |
0.945 |
Occupation of Guardian |
Self-employment |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Formal employment |
1.02(0.49,2.12) |
0.952 |
0.51(0.18,1.46) |
0.211 |
Unemployment |
0.86(0.41,1.82) |
0.693 |
0.85(0.28,2.62) |
0.783 |
Household Income |
0-500 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
501-1000 |
1.79(0.93,3.45) |
0.08 |
2.49(1.01,6.12) |
0.047 |
1001-2000 |
1.08(0.39,3.00) |
0.887 |
1.50(0.42,5.33) |
0.533 |
2001-3500 |
0.43(0.10,1.90) |
0.266 |
0.68(0.13,3.54) |
0.646 |
3501-5000 |
1.34(0.28,6.42) |
0.718 |
2.50(0.39,16.16) |
0.335 |
>5001 |
1.67(0.18,15.48) |
0.652 |
1.27(0.09,18.58) |
0.863 |
Location |
Urban |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Rural |
0.50(0.25,0.99) |
0.048 |
0.26(0.09,0.73) |
0.01 |
Hand Washing |
Yes |
1 |
|
1 |
|
No |
1.30(0.63,2.67) |
0.474 |
0.65(0.18,2.38) |
0.514 |
No. in a shared room |
1.27(1.09,1.49) |
0.003 |
1.33(1.09,1.62) |
0.004 |
History of Deworming |
Yes |
1 |
|
1 |
|
No |
1.05(0.49,2.27) |
0.898 |
0.25(0.03,2.03) |
0.197 |
The more people shared a room, the greater the risk of developing soil-transmitted helminths (95% CI 0.09, 1.62 P=0.004) as shown in Table 3.4.