Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of SAC infected with STHs and Schistoma mansoni at recruitment and after annual treatment
| Variables | STHs and S. mansoni at baseline | STHs and S. mansoni at annual follow-up | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COR (95% CI) | P | AOR (95% CI) | P | COR (95% CI) | P | AOR (95% CI) | P | |
| Age-group, years | ||||||||
| 5–9 | 1.2 (1.9–2.1) | 0.03* | 1.43 (0.4–0.9) | 0.031** | 0.67 (0.3–1.2) | 0.2 | 1.5 (0.7–3.2) | 0.22 |
| 10–15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Male | 0.97 | 0.632 | — | — | 1.71 (1.1–2.8) | 0.03* | 1.8 (1.1–3.2) | 0.02* |
| Father's education | ||||||||
| None | 3.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 (0.1–19) | 0.7 | 1.2 (0.3–2.1) | 0.86 | ||
| Primary | 3.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 (0.1–22) | 0.7 | 1.9 (0.39–2.17) | 0.85 | ||
| Secondary | 6.2 | 0.08 | 2.6 (0.1–36) | 0.4 | 1 | |||
| Diploma and above | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mother's education | ||||||||
| None | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 (0.1–14) | 0.6 | 1.4 (0.16–1.4) | 0.2 | 1.5 (0.5–4.1) | 0.4 |
| Primary | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.4 (0.1–13) | 0.7 | 1.5 (0.19–1.7) | 0.3 | 1.4 (0.4–4.1) | 0.5 |
| Secondary | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 (0.1–15) | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diploma and above | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mother's occupation | ||||||||
| Farmer | 1.5 | 0.32 | 1.4 (0.8–2.1) | 0.2 | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 0.08 | ||
| Merchant | 1.48 | 0.3 | 1.5 (0.7–3.4) | 0.2 | 1.3 (0.5–3) | 0.5 | ||
| Housewife | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Father's occupation | ||||||||
| Farmer | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Merchant | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 (0.7–2) | 0.2 | 1.1 (0.5–2.4) | 0.6 | ||
| Othera | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 (0.5–3) | 0.5 | 1.5 (0.5–5.3) | 0.3 | ||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Rural | 1.17 | 0.4 | — | — | 1.08 (0.6–1.7) | 0.7 | ||
| Family size | ||||||||
| Fewer than five | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| More than five | 1.14 | 0.5 | 0.882 (0.5–1.3) | 0.5 | 1.06 (0.6–1.8) | 0.26 | 1.1 (0.6–1.8) | 0.6 |
Notes: aEmployed/student/daily laborer. *P<0.05; P<0.01.
Abbreviations: STHs, soil-transmitted helminths; SAC, school-age children.