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Table 3 Significant risk factors associated with parasite prevalence

From: Intestinal parasite infections in immigrant children in the city of Rome, related risk factors and possible impact on nutritional status

Risk factorsa

P value

Odds ratio

95% C.I. lower-upper

Increasing ageb

0.011

2.060

1.180

3.596

Time in Italy

0.002

0.488

0.308

0.775

Housing

0.001

2.776

1.522

5.062

Cohabitation

0.009

1.739

1.146

2.640

  1. a variables were categorized as shown in Table1.
  2. b the OR represents the predicted change in odds for a unit increase of the age category (shown in Table1).
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Parasites & Vectors

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