Table 4.
The major domains of risk factors associated with the study group acquiring parasitic infections: demography; socioeconomic status (SES); hygiene and behavior
| Test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Positive | Negative | Total | COR (CI 95%) | P-value | AOR (CI 95%) | P-value |
| Demography | ||||||||
| Sex | Male | 24 | 20 | 44 | 1.8 (0.82–3.95) | 0.07 | 0.42(0.15–1.22) | 0.11 |
| Female | 24 | 36 | 60 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 56 | 104 | |||||
| Age | < 14 yrs | 32 | 27 | 59 | 2.61(1.05–6.45)* | 0.038* | 0.36(0.11–1.12) | 0.07 |
| > 14 yrs | 10 | 22 | 32 | |||||
| Total | 42 | 49 | 91 | |||||
| Size of family | < 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.3 (0.06–1.5) | 0.15 | 1.37(0.15–11.8) | 0.77 |
| ≥7 | 41 | 43 | 84 | |||||
| Total | 34 | 50 | 101 | |||||
| SES | ||||||||
| Level of education, HOH | < 12 yrs | 35 | 42 | 77 | 0.83 (0.33–2.09) | 0.35 | 0.71(0.09–2.51) | 0.75 |
| > 12 yrs | 12 | 12 | 24 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
| Level of education, mother | < 12 yrs | 19 | 68 | 87 | 0.85 (0.28–2.63) | 0.39 | 0.51(0.03–6.76) | 0.61 |
| > 12 yrs | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 80 | 101 | |||||
| Monthly income | < 2000 | 26 | 45 | 71 | 0.47 (0.17–1.29) | 0.16 | 22.7(1.5–337) | 0.023** |
| > 2000 | 11 | 9 | 20 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 54 | 91 | |||||
| Meat consumption | <= 1 /wks | 19 | 21 | 40 | 1.07 (0.48–2.37) | 0.44 | 0.74(0.15–3.57) | 0.71 |
| 2 > 1 /wks | 28 | 33 | 61 | |||||
| TOTAL | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
| Hygiene and Behavior | ||||||||
| Toilette, type | Pit | 30 | 29 | 59 | 1.52 (0.68–3.39) | 0.16 | 0.73(0.13–4.1) | 0.72 |
| Flush | 17 | 25 | 42 | |||||
| TOTAL | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
| Wash hand before meal | Always | 12 | 13 | 25 | 1.21 (0.48–3.04) | 0.35 | – | – |
| Sometimes | 29 | 38 | 67 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 51 | 92 | |||||
| Wash hands after toilette | Always | 17 | 17 | 34 | 1.42 (0.60–3.32) | 0.22 | – | – |
| Sometimes | 24 | 34 | 58 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 51 | 92 | |||||
| Rats/mice in house | Yes | 23 | 23 | 46 | 1.35 (0.61–2.97) | 0.23 | 1.23(0.29–5) | 0.77 |
| No | 23 | 31 | 54 | |||||
| Total | 46 | 54 | 100 | |||||
| Source of drinking water | tap in house | 39 | 51 | 90 | 0.27 (0.07–1.15) | 0.08 | 0.17(0.01–2.1) | 0.18 |
| tap in yard | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
| Beatles in house | Yes | 38 | 71 | 79 | 1.33 (0.51–3.49) | 0.28 | 0.56(0.34–126) | 0.21 |
| No | 9 | 13 | 22 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
| Dirty nails | Yes | 17 | 21 | 38 | 0.91 (0.41–2.03) | 0.42 | 0.30(0.03–2.5) | 0.27 |
| No | 31 | 35 | 66 | |||||
| Total | 48 | 56 | 104 | |||||
| Wear shoes in yard | Yes | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1.93 (0.59–6.37) | 0.15 | – | – |
| No | 22 | 32 | 54 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 38 | 68 | |||||
| Eat raw vegetables | Always | 45 | 53 | 98 | 0.87 (0.04–4.84) | 0.45 | 0.55(0.01–18) | 0.74 |
| Sometimes | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 47 | 54 | 101 | |||||
* Significant by crude odds ratio (COR) with Mid-P test at P value ≤0.05 ** significant by adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with multivariate logistic regression model at P-value ≤0.05: HOH, Head of Household; SES, Socioeconomic Status; COR, Crude Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio