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Table 3 Factors associated with children’s Ov status (n = 284)

From: Mothers’ Opisthorchis viverrini infection status and raw fish dish consumption in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: determinants of child infection status

 

OR

95% CI

p value

AOR

95% CI

p value

Children’s sex

 Male (ref)

      

 Female

0.76

(0.43–1.34)

0.345

0.47

(0.21–1.05)

0.065

Age of child

1.11

(1.01–1.22)

0.034

1.08

(0.94–1.24)

0.258

Age of mother

1.06

(1.02–1.10)

0.004

1.05

(0.99–1.11)

0.083

Ethnicity

 Lao-Tai (ref)

      

 Mon-Khmer

1.58

(0.67–3.73)

0.297

0.64

(0.05–7.54)

0.724

Education status of mother

 No schooling/illiterate (ref)

      

 Primary

0.94

(0.47–1.86)

0.851

2.05

(0.84–5.03)

0.115

 Secondary

0.42

(0.16–1.08)

0.072

1.31

(0.38–4.48)

0.668

Wealth index

 Poorest (ref)

      

 Poorer

0.48

(0.13–1.70)

0.255

1.16

(0.25–5.51)

0.849

 Middle

0.33

(0.10–1.08)

0.066

0.73

(0.17–3.20)

0.675

 Richer

0.60

(0.17–2.11)

0.424

1.37

(0.28–6.80)

0.701

 Richest

0.22

(0.07–0.72)

0.012

0.73

(0.13–3.96)

0.715

Main fuel

 Wood (ref)

      

 Charcoal/coal/lignite

0.39

(0.21–0.73)

0.003

0.58

(0.23–1.45)

0.242

Main toilet

 No facility (ref)

      

 Pit latrine

0.63

(0.30–1.32)

0.220

1.12

(0.40–3.10)

0.828

 Flush

0.28

(0.13–0.64)

0.002

0.66

(0.20–2.16)

0.493

Mother likes raw fish

 No (ref)

      

 Yes

2.95

(1.47–5.95)

0.002

2.47

(1.07–5.69)

0.033

Mothers’ Ov status

 Negative (ref)

      

 Positive

5.77

(2.25–14.77)

< 0.001

10.45

(3.13–34.86)

< 0.001