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. 2022 Jul;23(7):2397–2405. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.7.2397

Table 2.

Prevalence of KPC by Risk Factor and Crude Odds Ratios with 95% Confidence Intervals Measuring Associations between Risk Factors and KPC

Factors Number KPC positive Crude OR 95% CI p-value
n %
Overall 490,969 5,672 1.2 NA NA NA
PZQ treatments <0.001*
None 358,408 3,990 1.1 1
One time 98,408 1,219 1.2 1.11 1.04 - 1.19
Two times 20,883 273 1.3 1.18 1.04 - 1.33
Three times 6,078 86 1.4 1.27 1.03 - 1.58
More than three times 7,192 104 1.5 1.3 1.07 - 1.59
Gender <0.001
Female 304,685 3,013 1 1
Male 186,274 2,659 1.4 1.45 1.38 - 1.53
Age (years) <0.001
<50 151,213 617 0.4 1
50-60 202,939 1,706 0.8 2.07 1.89 - 2.27
>60 136,817 3,349 2.5 6.12 5.62 - 6.68
Education <0.001
Certificate and higher 22,788 144 0.6 1
Secondary 91,152 617 0.7 1.07 0.89 - 1.29
Primary and lower 377,027 4,911 1.3 2.08 1.76 - 2.45
Occupation <0.001
Others 70,001 609 0.9 1
Unemployed 19,651 493 2.5 2.93 2.60 - 3.31
Farmer 401,316 4,570 1.1 1.31 1.21 - 1.43
Smoking history <0.001
No 390,665 4,217 1.1 1
Yes 100,304 1,455 1.5 1.35 1.27 - 1.43
Diabetes mellitus <0.001
No 456,201 4,832 1.1 1
Yes 34,768 840 2.4 2.31 2.15 - 2.49
Hypertension <0.001
No 460,308 4,949 1.1 1
Yes 30,661 723 2.4 2.22 2.05 - 2.40

*Indicated p-value based on score test for trend of odds; KPC: Kidney parenchymal change; PZQ, Praziquantel; NA, Not applicable; OR, odd ratio from simple logistic regression; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval of crude OR