Table 4. Predictors for asymptomatic P. falciparum infection, Schistosoma mansoni infection and Soil Transmitted Helminth infections in children attending two primary schools in Mokali heath semi-rural area, in Kinshasa, 2012.

Plasmodium spp. Infection					S. mansoni infection			STH infections
Characteristic		ORa (95% CI)		P value	ORb (95% CI )		P value	ORc (95% CI )		P value
Age	4–9	0.47 (0.26–0.86)		0.01*	–	–	–	0.52	0.29–0.97	0.04*
	10–13	1			–			1
Sex	Female	0.57	0.37–0.86	<0.01*	2.4	1.1–5.4	0.04*	0.62	0.41–0.92	0.02*
	Male	1			1			1
History of fever	Yes	1.6	1.0–2.4	0.04*	–	–	–	NA
	No	1			–
Contact with river	Mango river	NA			2.7	1.2–6.0	0.02*	NA
	Other river				1.0	0.5–2.1	0.9
	No				1

NA - Not applicable, OR- odds ratio, CI- Confidence Interval.

^aAdjusted for: bed net use, S. mansoni and STH infections.

^bAdjusted for: age, history of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

^cAdjusted for: history of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

*- significant at p<0.05.