Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of potential risk factors associated with G.lamblia and hookworm infection among school children at Jawi Primary School in Jawi, Ethiopia, 2016/17
Risk factors | G. lamblia | |||||
Categories | Total No. (%) | Negative No. (%) | Positive No.(%) | AOR(95%CI) | p-value | |
Residence | Urban | 273(67.2) | 224(94.5) | 49(5.5) | 1 | 0.96 |
Rural | 133(32.8) | 101(76) | 32(24) | 0.9(0.5, 1.8) | ||
Hand washing habit before meals | Always | 122(30) | 87(71.3) | 19(28.7) | 1 | 0.01* |
Sometimes | 284(69.95) | 238(83.8) | 62(16.2) | 1.7(0.4, 3.1) | ||
Defecation habit | Open field | 204(50.5) | 152(74.5) | 52(25.5) | 2(1.1, 3.4) | 0.003* |
In latrine | 202(49.5) | 173(85.6) | 29(14.4) | 1 | ||
Eating raw vegetables and unwashed fruit | Yes | 268(66) | 211(78.7) | 57(21.3) | 2.2 (1.0, 4.20) | 0.036* |
No | 138(43) | 114(82.6) | 24(17.4) | 1 | ||
Hookworm | ||||||
| Â | Â | Total No. (%) | Negative No. (%) | positive No.(%) | AOR 95% CI | p-value |
Age in year | 6–11 | 191(47) | 158(82.7) | 33(17.3) | 3.9 (1.0, 14.4) | 0.037* |
|  | 12–18 | 159(39.2) | 139(87.4) | 20(12.6) | 2.5 (0.6, 9.6) |  |
19–21 | 56(13.8) | 53(94.6) | 3(5.4) | 1 | ||
Sex | Male | 216(53.2) | 180(83.3) | 36(16.7) | 2 (1.1, 4.3) | 0.003* |
Female | 190(46.8) | 170(89.5) | 20(10.5) | 1 | ||
Defecation habit | Open field | 204(50.5) | 165(80.9) | 39(19.1) | 3.2(1.7, 6.2) | 0.001* |
In latrine | 202(49.5) | 185(91.6) | 17(8.4) | 1 | ||
Consistency of wearing shoes | Always | 111(27.3) | 98(88.3) | 13(11.7) | 1 | 0.02* |
Sometimes | 241(59.4) | 211(87.6) | 30(12.4) | 2.2(1.1, 4.3) | ||
Not at all | 54(13.3) | 41(76) | 13(24) | 3(1.3,7.3) | ||