Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of preschool age children
Category | S. mansoni infection | OR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. positive (%) | Totala (%) | Crude | Adjusted | ||
Age (years) | |||||
2 | 6 (9.7) | 62 (26.3) | 1 | 1 | |
3 | 18 (29.0) | 62 (26.3) | 3.82 (1.39, 10.43) | 5.05 (1.72, 14.80) | 0.003 |
4 | 22 (30.6) | 72 (30.5) | 4.11 (1.54, 10.94) | 4.65 (1.67, 12.49) | 0.003 |
5 | 13 (32.5) | 40 (16.9) | 4.49 (1.54, 13.11) | 5.70 (1.86, 17.55) | 0.002 |
Total | 59 (25) | 236 | |||
Sex | |||||
Boy | 32 (27.8) | 115 (48.7) | 1.34 (0.74, 2.42) | 1.60 (0.84, 3.03) | 0.149 |
Girl | 27 (22.3) | 121 (51.3) | 1 | 1 | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 7 (17.9) | 39 (16.5) | 1 | 1 | |
Rural | 52 (26.4) | 197 (83.5) | 1.64 (0.68, 3.94) | 2.26 (0.78, 6.63) | 0.133 |