TABLE 3.

Predictors of cure rate at weeks four and week eight of post single dose praziquantel administrations.

Variables		Cured N (%)	Week 4				Week 8
			Univariate		Multivariate		Univariate		Multivariate
			cOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p	cOR (95% CI)	p	aOR (95% CI)	p
Intensity of infection	Light	328 (91.1)
	Moderate-to-Heavy	124 (84.4)	0.53 (0.3–0.9)	0.028	0.5 (0.3–0.9)	0.028	0.4 (0.2–0.7)	0.002	0.4 (0.2–0.7)	0.002
Age group	5–9	96 (85.7)	0.7 (0.4–1.2)	0.18	0.7 (0.3–1.2)	0.18	0.4 (0.2–0.8)	0.013	0.4 (0.2–0.8)	0.012
	10–15	356 (90.1)
Sex	Male	228 (90.1)	0.8 (0.5–1.4)	0.48			0.99 (0.5–1.9)	0.98
	Female	224 (88.2)
STH infection	Yes	268 (89.0)
	No	184 (89.3)	1 (0.6–1.8)	0.92			1.1 (0.6–2.1)	0.68
HAZ	Normal	411 (88.8)
	Stunted	41 (93.2)	1.3 (0.7–2.7)	0.44			1.3 (0.7–2.4)	0.442
BAZ	Normal	380 (89.6)
	Wasted	72 (86.8)	0.6 (0.2–1.9)	0.37			0.6 (0.2–1.9)	0.372

COR, crude odd ratio; AOR, Adjusted odd ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; Significant values are indicated in bold.