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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis assessing the risk of STH infection at any time point of the study with age, gender and location

From: Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections and the differential effect of treatment on the distribution of helminth species in rural areas of Gabon

Variable

Frequency

Crude analysis

Adjusted analysis

n

%

cOR

95% CI

p-value

aOR

95% CI

p-value

Ascaris lumbricoides

 Age

64

24.4

0.87

0.79–0.95

0.001

0.87

0.79–0.95

0.001

 Gender

  Female

31

23.8

1

0.82

1

0.87

  Male

33

25.0

1.06

0.60–1.87

 

1.05

0.59–1.89

 

 Location

  Bindo

13

29.5

1

0.008

1

0.17

  PK

51

23.4

0.73

0.36–1.54

 

0.59

0.28–1.27

 

Trichuris trichiura

 Age

97

37.0

0.96

0.89–1.02

0.19

0.97

0.90–1.03

0.32

 Gender

  Female

40

30.8

1

0.03

1

0.06

  Male

57

43.2

1.71

1.03–2.85

 

1.64

0.98–2.74

 

 Location

  Bindo

12

27.3

1

0.14

1

0.26

  PK

85

39.0

1.70

0.85–3.61

 

1.52

0.74–3.26

 

Hookworm

 Age

44

16.8

1.09

1.01–1.17

0.03

1.11

1.02–1.21

0.01

 Gender

  Female

15

11.5

1

0.02

1

0.02

  Male

29

22.0

2.15

1.11–4.34

 

2.28

1.15–4.71

 

 Location

  Bindo

5

11.4

1

0.29

1

0.20

  PK

39

17.9

1.70

0.68–5.17

 

1.91

0.73–6.04

 

Strongyloides stercoralis

 Age

  

1.00

0.91–1.09

0.91

1.01

0.92–1.11

0.79

 Gender

  Female

13

10.0

1

0.16

1

0.16

  Male

21

15.9

1.70

0.82–3.64

 

1.70

0.82–3.66

 

 Location

  Bindo

5

11.4

1

0.72

1

0.81

  PK

29

13.3

1.20

0.47–3.69

 

1.13

0.43–3.55