The burden of moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth infections among rural malaysian aborigines: an urgent need for an integrated control programme

Table 3 Results of multivariate analysis of potential risk factors for moderate-to-heavy STH infections among aboriginal schoolchildren in Satak, Pahang (n = 254).

Variables	Moderate-to-heavy STH infections
	OR (95% CI)	P
Source of drinking water (untreated)	2.70 (1.31, 5.81)	0.001*
Toilet in house (no)	2.40 (1.30, 4.82)	0.003*
Have domestic animals at household (yes)	2.53 (0.68, 8.63)	0.152
Age (≥ 10 years)	1.16 (0.57, 1.79)	0.584
Play barefooted with the soil (yes)	1.46 (0.74, 2.84)	0.273

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval
^* Significant risk factor (P ≤ 0.05)
Variables included in the model were age, toilet in house, source of drinking water, have animals at household and playing barefooted with the soil

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