Table 3.

Prevalence of Salmonella and its association with demographic determinant among febrile and diarrhoeagenic patients in selected health care facilities

Variable	Category	No. tested	No. of + ve culture	No. of Salmonella Detected	Occurrence (%) (n-24)	Prevalence (%)	Odds ratio	95% CI	z statistic	P-value
Gender	Male	240	107	15	62.5	6.25	0.0667	0.0384–0.1158	9.608	< 0.0001
	Female	268	122	9	37.5	3.4	0.0347	0.0175–0.0690	9.601	< 0.0001
Age distribution	1–10	129	77	15	62.5	11.6	0.1316	0.0729–0.2376	6.725	< 0.0001
	11–20	104	50	6	25	5.8	0.0612	0.0257–0.1458	6.308	< 0.0001
	21–30	78	32	3	12.5	3.8	0.0400	0.0121–0.1323	5.275	< 0.0001
Diagnosis	Febrile illness	378	147	15	62.5	3.9	0.0413	0.0242–0.0706	11.657	< 0.0001
	Diarrhoeal disease	130	82	9	37.5	6.9	0.0744	0.0362–0.1527	7.079	< 0.0001
Study centre	LASUTH	170	83	3	12.5	1.8	0.0180	0.0056–0.0574	6.783	< 0.0001
	RGH	140	62	12	50	8.6	0.0938	0.0496–0.1772	7.290	< 0.0001
	LFMC	70	24	3	12.5	4.3	0.0448	0.0134–0.1491	5.060	< 0.0001
	AGH	128	60	6	25	10.0	0.0492	0.0209–0.1157	6.902	< 0.0001

LASUTH Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, RGH Randle General Hospital, LFMC Life-Font Medical Centre, AGH Alimosho General Hospital, ND not determined, NA not determined