Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of factors associated with STH infections among school-age children in ODP kebeles in Bahir Dar Zuria district, northwest Ethiopia, 2019

Variable		N	STH infections, N (%)	COR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
Gender	Male	170	77 (45.3)	1.58 (1.06–2.38)	0.03*	1.01 (0.56–1.83)	0.96
	Female	233	80 (34.3)	1		1
Age-group (years)	6–10	224	92 (41.1)	1	0.33
	11–14	179	65 (36.3)	0.82 (0.55–1.23)
Grade level of children	5–8	52	20 (38.5)	1	0.98
	0–4	351	137 (39.0)	0.98 (0.54–1.78
Family size	≥ 5	231	90 (38.9)	1.00 (0.67–1.50)	0.99
	< 5	172	67 (38.9)	1
Latrine use	No	225	116 (51.6)	3.56 (2.30–5.50)	0.00*	2.15 (1.20–3.84)	0.01*
	Yes	178	41 (23.0)	1		1
Types of shoes worn	Open	243	115 (47.3)	2.52 (1.64–3.89)	0.00*	0.83 (0.43–1.61)	0.59
	Covered	160	42 (26.3)	1		1
Shoes worn	Sometimes	202	137 (67.8)	19.08 (11.03–32.99)	0.00*	12.09 (6.46–22.62)	0.00*
	Always	201	20 (9.9)	1		1
Drinking water source	Tap water	170	53 (31.2)	1	0.01*	1.00 (0.56–1.79)	0.99
	Others	233	104 (44.6)	1.78 (1.18–2.69)		1
Handwashing before meal	No	5	3 (60)	2.38 (0.39–14.39)	0.35
	Yes	8	154 (38.7)	1
Washing vegetable	No	89	53 (59.6)	2.97 (1.83–4.82)	0.00*	1.69 (0.86–3.32)	0.13
	Yes	314	104 (33.1)	1		1
Playing with soil	No	211	34 (16.1)	1	0.00*	1	0.00*
	Yes	192	123 (64.1)	9.28 (5.80–14.86		4.62 (2.59–8.24)
Nail trimming	Not trimmed	165	94 (56.9)	3.68 (0.83–2.13)	0.00*	1.61 (0.90–2.86)	0.11
	Trimmed	238	63 (26.5)	1		1
Group	ODP	403	157 (38.9)	1.49 (1.11–1.99)	0.01*	0.51 (0.33–0.79)	0.00
	ODF	403	121 (30.0)	1		1

ODF = open defecation–free; ODP = open defecation–practicing; STH = soil-transmitted helminth, N = number examined.

^*N = number examined.