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 |