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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis predicting occurrence of anaemia in relation to parasitic infections in the study population

From: Prevalence and clinical outcomes of Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasitic infections among children in Kiryandongo refugee camp, mid-Western Uganda: a cross sectional study

Predictor

Positive n (%)

Odds

P-value

PF

262(56.1)

0.82

0.777

GL

7(1.47)

1.00

0.984

TT

2(0.43)

2.09

0.992

HW

2(0.43)

2.09

0.992

SM

12(2.52)

1.10

0885

T.spp

14(2.94)

2.62

0.085

SS

1(0.21)

1.00

0.991

PF+ GL

6(1.26)

0.66

0.707

PF + TT

2(0.43)

1.00

0.992

PF + SM

12(2.52)

1.11

0.874

PF + HW

2(0.43)

1.00

0.992

PF + T. spp

5(1.05)

14.13

0.019*

PF + SS

1(0.21)

1.00

0.991

  1. Key: Pf = P. falciparum, T. spp = Taenia spp., GL = Giardia lamblia, SS=Strongyloides stercoralis, TT = Trichuris trichiura, SM = Schistosoma mansoni and HW=Hookworms