Table 4 Associations between patient characteristics and parasitic infection for children aged 5 years and below with diarrhoea in a study of intestinal parasites in urban poor, Nairobi, January 2010 to December 2011

Total

98/2112(4.6)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gender

Male (ref)

56/1116(5)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Female

42/996(4.2)

0.83

0.55,1.26

0.383

0.74

0.48,1.16

0.193

Age group¹

0 to 12 months (ref)

10/758(1.3)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

13 to 24 months

23/528(4.4)

3.41

1.61,7.22

0.001*

2.36

1.07,5.14

0.031*

25 to 36 months

26/408(6.4)

5.10

2.43,10.67

<0.001*

3.26

1.49,7.13

0.003*

37 to 48 months

26/241(10.8)

9.05

4.30,19.05

<0.001*

5.86

2.67,12.89

<0.001*

49 to 60 months

13/148(8.8)

7.20

3.10,16.76

<0.001*

3.95

1.59, 9.78

0.003*

HIV status²

Negative (ref)

78/1598(4.9)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Positive

12/302(4)

0.81

0.43,1.50

0.497

1.02

0.54,1.93

0.946

Patient type

Outpatients (ref)

91/1577(5.8)

1.0

1.0

Inpatients

7/535(1.3)

0.22

0.10,0.47

<0.001*

0.41

0.17,1.00

0.049*

Seasonality

-

-

Dry Season (ref)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Wet seas

0

0.60

0.40,0.91

<0.015

0.79

0.51,1.21

-0.280