Table 4. Socio-demographic and life style characteristics associated with S. stercoralis in multivariate analysis, according to coproparasitological and serological results.
| Positive coproparasitology |
Positive serology |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p | Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
p | |
| Cochabamba vs. Santa Cruz* | 2.0 (1.2–3.4) | 0.01 | 1.0 (0.7–1.5) | 0.90 |
| Age 10 years difference | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | <0.001 | 0.8 (0.8–0.9) | 0.001 |
| Men vs. women* | 1.5 (0.9–2.6) | 0.11 | 1.1 (0.8–1.6) | 0.44 |
|
Primary school Secondary school /technical University |
13.6 (4.6–39.8) 3.5 (1.2–10.3) - |
<0.001 0.024 (ref) |
3.1 (2.0–4.9) 1.7 (1.1–2.6) - |
<0.001 0.02 (ref) |
| Rural vs. urban* | 1.6 (0.9–2.7) | 0.12 | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) | 0.27 |
| Barefoot sometimes or frequently * | 2.6 (1.3–5.0) | 0.005 | 1.4 (0.9–2.0) | 0.11 |
| OH consumption occasional or frequently* | 1.7 (1.0–2.9) | 0.043 | 1.0 (0.7–1.4) | 0.97 |
| Corticoids during last three months* | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | 0.76 | 1.2 (0.8–1.8) | 0.31 |
| CD4+ counts <300 /ml* | 2.1 (1.2–3.8) | 0.01 | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 0.74 |
*reference group indicated in Table 3
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval