Table 1. Bivariate and Multivariate analysis of the E. dispar and E. moshkovskii infections and other co-infections in relation to age and sex.

Parasite	Associations	Bivariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
		Coefficient	OR (CI 95%)	P	Coefficient	OR (CI 95%)	P
E. histolytica	Sex
	Male	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	Female	-0.49	0.95 (0.47–1.91)	0.891	-0.01	0.98 (0.48–2.01)	0.971
	Age
	5–8	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	9–11	-1.41	0.87 (0.39–1.93)	0.73	-0.14	0.87 (0.37–1.97)	0.739
	12–15	0.14	1.14 (0.47–2.79)	0.765	0.13	1.15 (0.48–2.79)	0.764
E. moshkovskii	Sex
	Male	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	Female	-0.55	0.58 (0.29–1.13)	0.113	-0.51	0.59 (0.29–1.20)	0.149
	Age
	5–8	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	9–11	-0.05	0.94 (0.42–2.12)	0.89	0.05	1.05 (0.46–2.41)	1.05
	12–15	0.78	2.18 (0.93–5.10)	0.074	0.79	2.21 (0.95–5.23)	0.069
E. dispar	Sex
	Male	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	Female	-0.08	0.92 (0.42–1.97)	0.82	-0.1	0.90 (0.41–1.96)	0.798
	Age
	5–8	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	9–11	-0.11	0.89 (0.18–4.41)	0.891	-0.01	0.98 (0.19–4.98)	0.988
	12–15	1.27	3.57 (0.21–58.62)	0.372	1.14	3.15 (0.17–55.41)	0.432
Co-infection`A. lumbricoides—T. trichiura	Sex
	Male	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	Female	0.79	2.22 (0.56–8.67)	0.25	1.01	2.76 (0.68–11.2)	0.151
	Age
	5–8	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	9–11	-0.77	0.46 (0.08–2.61)	0.383	-0.96	0.38 (0.07–2.19)	0.28
	12–15	0.77	2.15 (0.54–8.53)	0.275	0.76	2.14 (0.53–8.62)	0.282
Co-infection Hookworms—T. trichiura	Sex
	Male	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	Female	1.07	2.92 (0.59–14.42)	0.189	1.25	3.52 (0.69–17.93)	0.13
	Age
	5–8	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
	9–11	-0.46	0.62 (0.10–3.87)	0.615	-0.69	0.49 (0.07–3.15)	0.46
	12–15	0.81	2.27 (0.48–10.70)	0.3	0.89	2.26 (0.47–10.85)	0.308

Ref = reference; OR = odds ratio; CI = Confidence Interval