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Table 5 Significant associations of intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren in Azaguié district, south Côte d’Ivoire, in October and November 2010 (n = 446)

From: Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d’Ivoire: effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control

Parasite

Association

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Schistosomiasis

  

Schistosoma mansoni

S. haematobium

4.81 (1.79–12.93)

 

T. trichiura

2.74 (1.34–5.60)

 

Age

1.55 (1.29–1.87)

Schistosoma haematobium

S. mansoni

4.09 (1.65–10.84)

Soil-transmitted helminths

  

Ascaris lumbricoides

T. trichiura

4.24 (1.96–9.19)

 

Hookworm

2.34 (1.14–4.41)

 

Rural setting

0.31 (0.13–0.73)

Trichuris trichiura

S. mansoni

2.89 (1.42–5.91)

 

A. lumbricoides

4.14 (1.90–8.99)

Hookworm

A. lumbricoides

3.03 (1.56–5.87)

 

Sex

1.87 (1.24–2.81)

Intestinal protozoa

  

Endolimax nana

B. hominis

2.39 (1.33–4.29)

 

Peri-urban setting

0.44 (0.26–0.74)

 

Rural setting

0.50 (0.31–0.82)

Entamoeba coli

S. haematobium

1.73 (1.09–2.72)

Blastocystis hominis

E. nana

2.44 (1.37–4.35)

  1. Associations between a particular parasite (as binary variable; reference, absence) as dependent variable and age (as continuous variable), sex (as binary variable; reference, female), study setting (as categorical variable; reference, urban setting) and any of the remaining parasites (as binary variable; reference, absence) were analysed with multivariable logistic regression models, performing a stepwise backward elimination procedure.
  2. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
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