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Table 3 Results of the univariate and multivariate analyses for risk factors associated with HBV infection of the study population

From: Prevalence and risk factors of Ascaris lumbricoides (Linnaeus, 1758), Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus, 1771) and HBV infections in Southwestern China: a community-based cross sectional study

Variables/ states

 

No. of participants

No. of infections(Rate in %)

cOR (95 % CI)

aOR (95 % CI)

Age (years)

6–10

54

5 (9.3)

1.53 (0.44, 5.27)

1.50 (0.32, 6.92)

 

11–20

48

2 (4.2)

0.65 (0.13, 3.36)

1.01 (0.18, 5.69)

 

21–30

66

16 (24.2)

4.80 (1.77, 13.05)*

6.66 (2.15, 20.68)**

 

31–40

86

8 (9.3)

1.54 (0.51, 4.63)

1.37 (0.41, 4.63)

 

41–50

88

3 (3.4)

0.53 (0.13, 2.18)

0.55 (0.12, 2.52)

 

>50

96

6 (6.3)

1.00

1.00

Gender

Male

172

14 (8.1)

0.82 (0.41, 1.62)

 
 

Female

266

26 (9.8)

1.00

 

Occupation

Worker

4

0 (0)

0

 
 

Peasant

370

37 (10.0)

2.26 (0.68, 7.56)

 
 

Else

64

3 (4.7)

1.00

 

Education

Illiterate

286

25 (8.7)

0.88 (0.45, 1.71)

 
 

Elementary school and above

152

15 (9.9)

1.00

 

Marital status

Unmarried

100

8 (8.0)

1.00

 
 

First married

293

28 (9.6)

1.22 (0.54, 2.76)

 
 

Divorced and other

45

4 (8.9)

1.12 (0.32, 3.94)

 

Home income (¥ yuan, RMB)

<1,000

12

0 (0)

0

 
 

1,000–2,999

71

3 (4.2)

0.36 (0.10, 1.29)

 
 

3,000–4,999

142

15 (10.6)

0.97 (0.45, 2.07)

 
 

5,000–9,999

75

7 (9.3)

(0.33, 2.17)

 
 

≥10,000

138

15 (10.9)

1.00

 

Drug abuse

Yes

9

3 (33.3)

5.30 (1.27, 22.05)*

6.96 (1.11, 43.90)**

 

No

429

37 (8.6)

1.00

1.00

Work outside

Yes

134

17

1.78 (0.92, 3.45)

 
 

No

304

23

1.00

 

Work on farm

Yes

265

32 (12.1)

2.18 (0.97, 5.07)

4.59 (1.44, 14.63)**

 

No

113

5 (4.4)

1.00

1.00

Clean food when eaten raw

Always

39

0 (0)

1.00

 
 

Occasionally

244

28 (11.5)

0

 
 

Never

128

9 (7.0)

1.71 (0.78, 3.75)

 

Fertilization pattern

Directly

20

6 (30.0)

1.00

1.00

 

After disposal

374

31 (8.3)

0.21 (0.08, 0.59)*

0.14(0.04,0.47)**

Raising Animals

Yes

338

34 (10.1)

1.75 (0.71, 4.30)

 
 

No

100

6 (6.0)

1.00

 

Toilets

None

188

19 (10.1)

0.852 (0.43, 1.57)

 
 

Yes

250

21 (8.4)

1.00

 

Village No.

1

114

16 (14.0)

1.81 (0.79, 4.18)

 
 

2

115

5 (4.4)

0.51 (0.17, 1.52)

 
 

3

88

9 (10.2)

1.27 (0.49, 3.26)

 
 

4

121

10 (8.3)

1.00

 

A. lumbricoides

Negative

379

30 (7.9)

1.00

1.00

 

Positive

59

10 (17.0)

2.37 (1.09, 5.16)*

3.60 (1.48, 8.75)**

T. trichiura

Negative

304

28 (9.2)

1.00

 
 

Positive

134

12 (9.0)

0.97 (0.48, 1.97)

 
  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, cOR crude odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio, HBV hepatitis B virus
  2. RMB Renminbi, the current rate of exchange be 9.66 yuan to 1 pound, i.e., ¥ 9.66 yuan (RMB) = £1 lb (GBP)
  3. *, P ≤ 0.05 in univariate analyses; **, P ≤ 0.05 in and multivariate analyses