Table 4.

Risk factors associated with intestinal parasites among PLWHA receiving HAART at Butajira Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2014, (n = 323)

Predictors	Intestinal parasites		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P values
	Yes	No
Residence
Urban	62	127	1
Rural	80	54	1.38 (0.87–2.19)
Educational status
Unable to read and write	55	74	4.21 (1.17–15.0)
Able to read and write	14	25	3.17 (0.79–12.7)
Primary education	23	63	2.06 (0.55–7.72)
Secondary education	28	21	4.25 (1.10–16.4)
Tertiary education	3	17	1
Income (ETB)
<1000	107	172	2.42 (1.12–5.23)
≥1000	9	35	1
Presence of animal
Yes	51	24	5.98 (3.41–10.5)	6.14 (3.13–12.0)	0.00**
No	65	183	1	1
Presence of toilet
Yes	103	206	1
No	13	1	26 (3.3–201)
Source of water
Tape	98	203	1	1
River	18	4	9.32 (3.07–28.3)	4.87 (1.14–20.7)	0.03*
WHO stages
Stage I	66	130	1
Stage II	30	28	2.11 (1.16–3.82)
Stage III	18	44	0.81 (0.43–1.50)
Stage IV	2	5	0.78 (0.15–4.17)
CD4 T cell count					0.00**
<200	31	22	3.74 (1.89–7.39)	4.02 (1.78–9.05)
200–349	33	41	2.13 (1.16–3.94)	2.84 (1.37–5.89)
350–500	20	59	0.90 (0.47–1.72)	1.01 (0.46–2.20)
>500	32	85	1	1
Undernutrition
Yes	44	38	2.72 (1.62–4.54)	2.59 (1.36–4.95)	0.004*
No	72	169	1	1

Stepwise (Backward LR) was used in logistic regression. Hosmer and Lemeshow test was at P = 0.31

N.B α = 0.05

*Significant, **Highly significant