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Table 3 Association of demographic and diseases factors with the false positive results of DDIA

From: Performance of a dipstick dye immunoassay for rapid screening of Schistosoma japonicum infection in areas of low endemicity

Variables

No. (%) of participants with the following DDIA results

Crude OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

 

Negative (n = 3196)

False positive (n = 2825 )

    

Demographic

      

Sex

      

Female

1696 (53.07)

1500 (51.89)

1.00

0.36

1.00

0.27

male

1466 (46.93)

1359 (48.11)

1.05(0.95-1.16)

 

1. 07 (0.95-1.19)

 

Age

      

≤15

875 (27.38)

420 (14.87)

1.00

 

1.00

 

16-25

186 (5.82)

143 (5.06)

1.60 (1.25-2.05)

<0.001

1.38 (0.97-1.97)

0.08

26-35

230 (7.20)

330 (11.68)

2.99 (2.44-3.67)

<0.001

2.21 (1.47-3.33)

<0.001

36-45

609 (19.06)

828 (29.31)

2.83 (2.42-3.31)

<0.001

1.85 (1.26-2.74)

<0.05

46-55

616 (19.27)

601 (21.27)

2.03 (1.73-2.39)

<0.001

1.22 (0.82-1.82)

0.32

56-65

680 (21.28)

503 (17.81)

1.54 (1.31-1.82)

<0.001

0.93 (0.63-1.38)

0.72

Occupation

      

farmer

1943 (60.79)

1874 (66.34)

1.00

 

1.00

 

fisherman or boatman

135 (4.22)

290 (10.27)

2.23 (1.80-2.76)

<0.001

1.75 (1.40-2.17)

<0.001

student

888 (27.78)

442 (15.65)

0.52 (0.45-0.59)

<0.001

0.97 (0.67-1.40)

0.87

others

230 (7.20)

219 (7.75)

0.99 (0.81-1.20)

0.90

0.98 (0.79-1.20)

0.82

Education

      

illiteracy

556 (17.40)

506 (17.91)

1.00

 

1.00

 

< high school

2454 (76.78)

2125 (75.22)

0.95 (0.83-1.09)

0.47

0.98 (0.84-1.15)

0.81

high school

76 (2.38)

81 (2.87)

1.17 (0.84-1.64)

0.36

1.05 (0.73-1.53)

0.79

college and above

110 (3.44)

113 (4.00)

1.13 (0.85-1.51)

0.41

1.36 (0.99-1.86)

0.06

Disease factors

History of schistosome infection

No

1614 (50.50)

783 (27.72)

1.00

<0.001

1.00

<0.001

Yes

1582 (49.50)

2042 (72.28)

2.70 (2.42-3.01)

 

2.47 (2.19-2.79)

 

Other helminthes infection

no

3053(95.53)

2711 (95.96)

1.00

0.40

1.00

0.50

yes

143(4.47)

114 (4.04)

0.90 (0.70-1.15)

 

0.91 (0.70-1.19)

 
  1. OR : Odds ratio, 95% CI: 95% confidence intervals