Table 5. Optimal protective helminth interventions in adults without access to treatment identified through stepwise model building, by species (adjusted for sex and age) 1.
| Species | Safe floors (aOR, 95% CI) |
Latrine (aOR, 95% CI) |
Handwashing (aOR, 95% CI) |
Safe water (aOR, 95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any STH species2 (combined) |
0.34 (0.20, 0.59) | 0.59 (0.35, 0.99) | ||
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 0.37 (0.12, 1.12) | |||
| Necator americanus | 0.25 (0.13, 0.50) | 0.47 (0.26, 0.86) | ||
| Strongyloides stercoralis | 0.13 (0.01, 1.15) | |||
| Trichuris trichiura | ||||
| Schistosoma spp | 3.62 (0.78, 16.92) |
1 Grey boxes indicated that variables did not graduate into the final species-specific model based on p≤0.1 cutoff
2Any STH species includes Ancylostoma spp, Ascaris lumbricoides, Necator americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichuris trichiura