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Table 6 Logistic regression of community and household WaSH coverage by STH infection

From: Association between water, sanitation, and hygiene access and the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Wolayita, Ethiopia

Parasite

Sanitation

 

OR

95% CI

P

AOR*

95% CI

P

A. lumbricoides

Community

 < 20%

1.1

0.9, 1.2

0.6

1.1

0.9, 1.2

0.5

20–40%

0.6

0.5, 0.8

 < 0.01

0.6

0.5, 0.8

 < 0.01

 > 40%

0.4

0.2, 0.5

 < 0.01

0.4

0.2, 0.5

 < 0.01

Household

Basic

1.0

0.7, 1.4

0.9

1.2

0.9, 1.7

0.3

Limited

1.0

0.7, 1.5

1.0

1.3

0.8, 2.0

0.3

Unimproved

1.1

0.8, 1.4

0.5

1.1

0.8, 1.4

0.5

T. trichiura

Community

 < 20%

3.2

2.2, 4.6

 < 0.01

3.3

2.2, 4.8

 < 0.01

20–40%

1.3

0.7, 2.3

0.4

1.4

0.8, 2.6

0.2

 > 40%

0.5

0.2, 1.4

0.2

0.6

0.2, 1.6

0.8

Household

Basic

0.9

0.4, 2.0

0.8

0.9

0.4, 2.0

0.8

Limited

1.0

0.4, 2.7

1.0

1.0

0.3, 2.6

0.9

Unimproved

1.4

0.7, 2.5

0.4

1.4

0.7, 2.5

0.4

Hookworm

Community

 < 20%

1.2

1.0, 1.4

0.2

1.1

1.0, 1.3

0.2

20–40%

0.8

0.6. 1.0

0.07

0.8

0.6. 1.1

0.2

 > 40%

0.9

0.7, 1.3

0.7

1.0

0.7, 1.3

0.8

Household

Basic

1.1

0.7, 1.9

0.7

1.2

0.7, 2.0

0.6

Limited

1.5

1.0, 2.2

0.05

1.6

1.0, 2.3

0.03

Unimproved

1.6

1.1, 2.2

0.01

1.6

1.1, 2.2

0.01

  1. *Variables for multivariable analysis were selected using an inclusion criterion of P-value < 0.1 in a sequential (block-wise) variable selection method; however, sex and age were retained as fixed terms in the final models regardless of statistical significance because of their known importance