Table 4. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis of the predictors of cure at week 8 post-treatment.

Variable	Categories	Cured N (%)	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
			OR	95% CI	p- value	aOR	95% CI	p- value
Treatment group	PZQ+DHP	244 (81.9)	0.39	0.27–0.58	< 0.001	0.38	0.26–0.55	< 0.001
	PZQ	218 (63.9)	1a			1a
Age (years)	≤ 12	326 (70.9)	1.30	0.87–1.94	0.19	1.45	0.96–2.19	0.08
	>12	136 (76.0)	1a			1a
Sex	Male	226 (74.1)	0.84	0.59–1.19	0.33
	Female	236 (70.7)	1a
Anaemia	Anaemic	118 (74.7)	0.85	0.57	0.44
	Not anaemic	344 (71.5)	1a
Stunting (HAZ)	Present	134 (73.6)	0.91	0.62–1.34	0.64
	Absent	328 (71.8)	1a
Wasting (BAZ)	Present	53 (81.5)	0.56	0.29–1.08	0.08	0.59	0.30–1.16	0.13
	Absent	409 (71.3)	1a			1a
Baseline infection intensity	Light	128 (75.3)	0.67	0.42–1.07	0.09	0.67	0.42–1.08	0.10
	Moderate	207 (73.9)	0.72	0.48–1.08	0.12	0.69	0.46–1.06	0.09
	Heavy	127 (67.2)	1a			1a

N—Total number of participants belong to the category, 1^a: reference category, aOR—adjusted odds ratio