Table 3.

Backward stepwise (conditional) logistic regression among symptomatic giardiasis and asymptomatic giardia infection of under-five children in both African and Asian sites.

Indicators Africa				Asia
	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p-Value	Adjusted OR	95% CI	p-Value
Age group (0–11 m)	(Reference group)
Age group (24–59 m)	0.79	(0.63–0.98)	0.026	2.41	(1.81–3.22)	<0.001
Age group (12–23 m)	0.70	(0.62–0.89)	<0.001	1.49	(1.20–1.86)	<0.001
Wealth quintile, poor	0.80	(0.69–0.93)	0.006	1.52	(1.23–1.88)	<0.001
Use treated water	-	-	-	0.66	(0.51–0.82)	<0.001
Handwashing before eating	1.42	(1.10–1.86)	0.008	-	-	-
Handwashing before cooking	2.11	(1.80–2.46)	<0.001	-	-	-
Handwashing after defecation	1.23	(1.03–1.48)	0.021	0.68	(0.53–0.84)	<0.001
Handwashing after cleaning the bottom of the child following defecation	2.06	(1.76–2.41)	<0.001	0.59	(0.48–0.72)	<0.001
Wasting	2.60	(1.96–3.46)	<0.001	1.69	(1.26–2.27)	<0.001
Stunting	0.66	(0.53–0.80)	<0.001	0.66	(0.51–0.84)	<0.001
underweight	1.57	(1.20–2.03)	<0.001	1.72	(1.30–2.30)	<0.001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.