Table 4.
Multiple logistic regression predictors of trachoma among children aged 1–9 years in Zala district from February 28 to 26 March 2014
| Variables | Trachoma statue
|
COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes No (%) |
No No (%) |
|||
| Knowledge of trachoma | ||||
| Inadequate knowledge | 126 (56.2) | 119 (30.7) | 2.9 (2.06, 4.07)* | 2.8 (1.9, 4.2)* |
| Adequate knowledge | 98 (43.8) | 268 (69.3) | 1 | 1 |
| Latrine distance (m) | ||||
| ≤10 | 134 (59.8) | 196 (50.6) | 1.5 (1.04, 2.02)* | 1.6 (1.09, 2.4)* |
| >10 | 90 (40.2) | 191 (49.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Number of preschool children | ||||
| ≤2 | 166 (74.1) | 340 (87.9) | 1 | 1 |
| >2 | 58 (25.9) | 47 (12.1) | 2.5 (1.7, 3.9)* | 2.2 (1.3, 3.7)* |
| Flies on face | ||||
| Yes | 53 (23.7) | 10 (2.6) | 11.7 (5.8, 23.5)* | 6.3 (2.7, 14.7)* |
| No | 171 (76.3) | 377 (97.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Facial cleanliness | ||||
| Clean | 130 (58.0) | 330 (85.3) | 1 | 1 |
| Unclean | 94 (42.0) | 57 (14.7) | 4.2 (2.8, 6.2)* | 2.4 (1.5, 3.9)* |
Note:
*
Significant at P≤0.05.
Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; COR, Crude odds ratio.