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. 2013 May 27;13:243. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-243

Table 3.

Associations between patient characteristics and parasitic infection for children aged 5 years and below with diarrhoea in a study of intestinal parasites in urban poor, Nairobi, January 2010 to December 2011

Patient characteristics
Cryptosporidium spp. (%)
Crude
Adjusted
      OR 95%CI p-value AOR 95%CI p-value
Total
187/2112(8.9)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gender
Male (ref)
99/1116(8.9)
1.0
-
-
1.0
-
-
Female
88/996(8.8)
0.99
0.74,1.34
0.977
1.03
0.75,1.42
0.864
Age group1
0 to 12 months (ref)
76/758(10)
1.0
-
-
1.0
-
-
13 to 24 months
75/528(14.2)
1.49
1.06,2.09
0.023*
1.90
1.31,2.75
0.001*
25 to 36 months
23/408(5.6)
0.54
0.33,0.87
0.011*
0.89
0.52,1.52
0.681
37 to 48 months
6/241(2.5)
0.23
0.98,0.53
0.001*
0.39
0.16,0.93
0.034*
49 to 60 months
6/148(4.1)
0.38
0.16,0.89
0.025*
0.59
0.24,1.40
0.245
HIV status2
Negative (ref)
117/1598(7.3)
1.0
-
-
1.0
-
-
Positive
59/302(19.5)
3.07
2.19,4.32
<0.001*
2.96
2.07,4.21
<0.001*
Patient type
Outpatients (ref)
105/1577(6.7)
1.0
-
-
1.0
-
-
Inpatients
82/535(15.3)
2.54
1.87,3.45
<0.001*
1.91
1.33,2.73
<0.001*
Seasonality
-
-
Dry Season (ref)
 
1.0
-
-
1.0
-
-
Wet season 0   1.72 1.23,2.41 <0.001* 1.45 1.01,2.09 0.042*

KEY: *significant, missing values 1 = 29; 2 = 212.

Infection with Cryptosporidium spp.