Serological evaluation for Chagas disease in migrants from Latin American countries resident in Rome, Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Predictive factors of Trypanosoma Cruzi positive serology at multivariable analysis

		T. cruzi positive serology/Tot.	Multivariable analysis
		T. cruzi positive serology/Tot.	MLR-OR (95% CI)	p-value
		32/368
Age, by 10 years increase			1.98 (1.25–2.86)	0.002
Gender	M	6/104	1	0.375
	F	26/264	1.59 (0.57–4.42)	0.375
Subjects born in Bolivia	No	5/253	1	< 0.001
	Yes	27/115	22.09 (7.34–66.44)	< 0.001
Residence in mud houses	No	1/105	1	0.017
	Yes	31/263	12.13 (1.57–93.77)	0.017

MLR-OR Multivariable logistic regression Odds Ratio; p-values < 0.05 are reported in bold face

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