Table 6. Risk factors of tungiasis/severe tungiasis after multivariate analysis.
Presence of tungiasis | Presence of severe tungiasis (> 30 lesions) |
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Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | P value | |
Being of male sex | 2.29 (1.18–4.46) | 0.01 | ||
Age | ||||
0–4 | 8.90 (2.94–26.89) | <0.0001 | ||
5–9 | 12.88 (4.31–38.54) | <0.0001 | ||
10–14 | 7.23 (2.37–22.02) | <0.0001 | ||
40–59 | 3.49 (1.07–11.39) | 0.04 | ||
≥ 60 | 5.32 (1.50–18.85) | 0.01 | ||
Using mud puddles as water source | 25.48 (3.50–185.67) | 0.001 | ||
Washing only once a day | 2.23 (1.11–4.51) | 0.03 | ||
Using soap when washing: | ||||
sometimes | 1.57 (1.09–2.28) | 0.02 | ||
never | 7.36 (3.08–17.62) | <0.0001 | ||
Staying in a house with: | ||||
4.5–6 persons/sleeping room | 1.77 (1.07–2.93) | 0.03 | ||
children sleeping on the floor | 1.68 (1.03–2.74) | 0.04 | ||
Time to health facility 10–19 min | 0.47 (0.23–0.95) | 0.04 | 0.20 (0.06–0.69) | 0.01 |
30–59 min | 0.12 (0.04–0.34) | <0.0001 | ||
≥ 60 min | 0.22 (0.07–0.68) | 0.009 | ||
Living in a house with mud walls | 3.35 (1.71–6.58) | <0.0001 |