Table 2.
Factors associated with trichuriasis in children living in the urban area of Bagre, Pará State, Brazilian Amazon.
| Positive for T. trichiura, N (%) | Crude OR (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p value | |
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| Age group (years) | |||||
| 0–5 (n = 130) | 27 (20.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6–10 (n = 137) | 60 (43.8) | 2.97 (1.72–5.10) | <0.001 | 3.31 (1.85–5.89) | <0.001 |
| 11–15 (n = 82) | 40 (48.8) | 3.63 (1.98–6.65) | <0.001 | 3.16 (1.66–6.00) | <0.001 |
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| Gender | |||||
| Male (n = 179) | 73 (40.8) | 1.47 (0.95–2.29) | 0.101 | 1.44 (0.89–2.34) | 0.132 |
| Female (n = 170) | 54 (31.8) | 1 | |||
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| Poverty | |||||
| Yes (n = 249) | 101 (40.7) | 1.95 (1.17–3.26) | 0.013 | 1.78 (1.01–3.14) | 0.045 |
| No (n = 100) | 26 (26) | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Albendazole in the last six months | |||||
| Yes (n = 120) | 37 (30.8) | 0.68 (0.43–1.10) | 0.148 | 0.62 (0.37–1.04) | 0.073 |
| No (n = 229) | 90 (39.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Open evacuation | |||||
| Yes (n = 143) | 73 (51) | 2.93 (1.86–4.61) | <0.001 | 2.07 (1.07–3.99) | 0.029 |
| No (n = 206) | 54 (26.2) | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Living in stilt houses | |||||
| Yes (n = 83) | 35 (42.2) | 1.37 (0.83–2.28) | 0.131 | 0.74 (0.40–1.36) | 0.339 |
| No (n = 266) | 92 (34.6) | 1 | |||
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| Latrine inside house | |||||
| Yes (n = 166) | 39 (23.5) | 0.33 (0.20–0.52) | <0.001 | 0.55 (0.29–1.05) | 0.071 |
| No (n = 183) | 88 (48.1) | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Ascaris lumbricoides coinfection | |||||
| Yes (n = 61) | 49 (80.3) | 10.99 (5.55–21.75) | <0.001 | NP | NP |
| No (n = 288) | 78 (27.1) | 1 | |||
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| Hookworms coinfection | |||||
| Yes (n = 26) | 20 (76.9) | 6.72 (2.62–17.2) | <0.001 | NP | NP |
| No (n = 323) | 107 (33.1) | 1 | |||