|
Socio-demographic variables
|
Total N (%)
|
STH
|
P-value
|
Anaemia
|
AOR (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
Positive n (%)
|
Negative n (%)
|
Yes
|
No
|
|---|
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
245 (55.3)
|
131 (54.8)
|
114 (55.9)
| |
31
|
213
|
1.0
| |
|
Female
|
198 (44.7)
|
108 (45.2)
|
90 (44.1)
|
0.286
|
37
|
161
|
1.90 (0.72, 3.02)
|
0.47
|
|
Age groups
|
|
6–8
|
152 (34.3)
|
94 (21.2)
|
58 (13.1)
| |
21
|
125
|
1.0
| |
|
9–11
|
142 (32.1)
|
70 (15.8)
|
72 (16.3)
|
0.054
|
27
|
136
|
1.39 (0.94, 2.72)
| |
|
12–15
|
149 (33.6)
|
75 (16.9)
|
74 (16.7)
| |
20
|
114
|
1.21 (0.67, 1.93)
|
0.63
|
|
Source of water
|
|
Untreated
|
199 (44.9)
|
127 (63.8)
|
72 (36.2)
|
0.000
|
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Treated
|
244 (55.1)
|
112 (45.9)
|
132 (54.1)
| |
NA
|
NA
|
–
|
–
|
|
Frequency of sucking fingers/nails
|
|
Always
|
120 (27.1)
|
79 (65.8)
|
41 (34.2)
| |
NA
|
NA
|
–
|
–
|
|
Sometimes
|
226 (51.0)
|
96 (42.5)
|
130 (57.5)
|
0.000
|
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Never
|
54 (12.2)
|
41 (75.9)
|
13 (24.1)
| |
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Don’t know
|
43 (9.7)
|
23 (53.5)
|
20 (46.5)
| |
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Place of defecation
|
|
Open field
|
148 (33.4)
|
89 (60.1)
|
59 (39.9)
|
0.040
|
NA
|
NA
|
–
|
–
|
|
Toilet
|
295 (66.6)
|
150 (50.8)
|
145 (49.2)
| |
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Family size
|
|
1–3
|
79 (17.8)
|
30 (38.0)
|
49 (62.0)
| |
NA
|
NA
|
–
|
–
|
|
4–6
|
265 (59.8)
|
132 (49.8)
|
133 (50.2)
|
0.221
|
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
> 7
|
99 (22.4)
|
77 (77.8)
|
22 (22.2)
| |
NA
|
NA
| | |
|
Undernutrition
|
|
No
|
315 (71.1)
|
172 (54.6)
|
143 (45.4)
| |
214
|
101
|
1.0
| |
|
Yes
|
128 (28.9)
|
67 (52.3)
|
61 (47.7)
|
0.213
|
83
|
45
|
2.95 (1.68, 4.81)
|
0.007
|
- AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, NA not applicable
