Blastocystis in the faeces of children from six distant countries: prevalence, quantity, subtypes and the relation to the gut bacteriome

Table 2 Blastocystis positivity in specific PCR detection

	Blastocystis positivity n/N, (%)	OR for Blastocystis positivity¹ OR [95% CI]
By country
Azerbaijan	23/51 (45%)	1.0, reference
Czechia	8/52 (15%)	0.19 [0.064–0.50], p = 0.0012
Jordan	6/40 (15%)	0.21 [0.070–0.54], p = 0.0037
Nigeria	15/27 (55%)	1.50 [0.58–3.90]
Sudan	28/59 (47%)	1.15 [0.54–2.48]
Tanzania	8/15 (53%)	1.38 [0.42–4.58]
By diabetes status
Type 1 diabetes	43/132 (32.6%)	1.26 [0.68–2.36]
Healthy controls	45/112 (40.2%)	1.0, reference
Total	88/244 (36.1%)

¹From a logistic regression model where dichotomized PCR positivity (positive at any level) was the outcome and the country of origin and type 1 diabetes (or healthy control) were two independent categorical predictors

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