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Table 5 Adjusted OR of risk factors with IPIs among the students from Yadot primary school, Delo-Mena district, South Eastern Ethiopia, 2013

From: Prevalence and its associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among Yadot primary school children of South Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Risk factors

Positive no. (%) for IP

Crude OR (95% CI)

P value

Adjusted OR

P value

Sex

Male

61 (35.5)

0.36[0.22-0.61]

<0.001

-

-

Female

28 (16.7)

1

 

-

 

Family size

≤5

34 (21.1)

1.66[1.01-2.72]

0.045

-

 

≥6

55 (30.7)

1

 

-

-

Number of rooms

≤3

77 (28.0)

0.58[0.29-1.15]

0.119

-

 

≥4

9 (18.5)

1

 

-

-

Mothers’ educational status

Unable to read and write

59 (37.8)

0.27[0.11-0.67]

<0.001

-

-

Primary school

27 (18.9)

0.69[0.27-1.82]

0.005

-

 

Secondary school & above

6 (14.0)

1

 

-

 

Reason of washing hands before meal

Known

55 (19.7)

5.13[2.86-9.21]

<0.001

4.93[2.47-9.85]

<0.001

Not known

34 (55.7)

1

 

1

 

Eat raw or undercooked or unwashed vegetables

Yes

55 (34.0)

0.46[0.28-0.754]

0.002

-

-

No

34 (19.1)

1

 

-

-

Habit of latrine usage

Always

60 (22.1)

5.10[2.08-12.52]

0.001

-

 

Sometimes

16 (34.8)

2.71[0.95-7.69]

<0.001

-

 

Not at all

13 (59.1)

1

 

-

 

Habit of finger nail trimming regularly

Yes

43 (48.3)

1.89[1.16-3.09]

0.011

-

-

No

46 (51.2)

1

 

-

-

Water contact activities

Yes

67 (75.3)

0.47[0.27-0.81]

0.007

0.44[0.23-0.83]

0.012

No

22 (24.7)

1

 

1

 

Protective shoe

Present

40 (44.9)

5.04[2.91-8.73]

<0.001

3.66[1.96-6.86]

<0.001

 

Absent

49 (55.1)

1

 

1