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. 2002 Mar 14;2:5. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-2-5

Table 2.

Association between epidemiological and laboratory findings with the presence Giardia cysts in stool samples from children living in temporary housing after the 1999 earthquake disaster in Armenia.

Risk factor With factor Without factor OR 95% Confidence Intervals P
Communal toilet (versus individual toilet) 21/25 110/192 3.9 1.2–16 0.01
Municipal water service versus individual water tank 27/58 104/159 3.5 1.1–14 0.02
Mucus in fecal sample 20/26 111/191 2.39 0.9–6.7 0.049
Leukocytes in stool 16/22 115/195 1.85 0.70–5.35 0.15
Plastic stock of food versus carton stock of food 49/93 82/124 1.7 0.9–3.1 0.06
Yeast in stool 57/93 74/124 1.06 0.61–1.82 0.46
Diarrhea 23/42 108/175 0.75 0.4–1.4 0.84
Flu symptoms 79/136 52/81 0.7 0.4–1.4 0.45
Lipids in stool 120/201 11/16 0.67 0.18–2.2 0.65
Clean lodgment 62/118 69/99 0.48 0.27–0.84 0.014
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