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

Table 3.

Association between epidemiological factors, laboratory findings and the presence of Giardia trophozoites 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
Municipal water service versus individual water tank 10/159 0/58 ? ?-1.1 0.06
Lipid drops in stools 2/16 8/201 3.41 0.45–16.5 0.16
Flu symptoms 6/81 4/136 2.62 0.69–10.8 0.11
Plastic stock of food versus carton stock of food 1/19 9/198 1.16 0.050–7.71 0.97
Leukocytes 1/22 9/195 0.98 0.04–6.44 0.66
Yeast in stools 4/93 6/124 0.88 0.21–3.0 0.69
Communal toilet (versus individual toilet) 1/25 9/192 0.84 0.03–5.50 0.71
Mucus in fecal sample 1/26 9/191 0.80 0.03–5.24 0.72
Diarrhea 1/42 9/175 0.45 0.01–2.86 0.88
Clean lodgment 3/118 7/99 0.34 0.07–1.34 0.97
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