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Table 3 Associations between personal factors and H. pylori infection status in schoolchildren in Ziway, central Ethiopia

From: Individual and household correlates of Helicobacter pylori infection among Young Ethiopian children in Ziway, Central Ethiopia

 

Positive

H. pylori

Negative

H. pylori

         

N

%

N

%

COR

(95% CI)

P

AOR

(95% CI)

P

AORa

(95% CI)

P

Age

  < 5

17

50.0

17

50.0

1

1

1

 5–9

137

65.2

73

34.8

1.88

(0.91–3.89)

0.09

1.77

(0.81–3.87)

0.15

1.82

(0.87–3.80)

0.11

 10–14

129

69.0

58

31.0

2.22

(1.06–4.66)

0.03

1.98

(0.88–4.44)

0.10

2.07

(0.98–4.39)

0.06

Sex

 Male

137

62.6

82

37.4

1

1

1

 Female

148

68.8

67

31.2

1.32

(0.89–1.97)

0.20

1.36

(0.90–2.04)

0.15

1.34

(0.89–2.00)

0.16

Have older siblings

 Yes

169

63.8

96

36.2

0.81

(0.54–1.22)

0.32

0.76

(0.50–1.16)

0.21

 No

115

68.5

53

31.5

1

1

Vaccination status

 Vaccinated

280

65.7

146

34.3

1

1

 Unvaccinated

5

62.5

3

37.5

0.87

(0.20–3.69)

0.85

2.13

(0.38–12.1)

0.39

Regularly breastfeeding

 Yes

95

36.4

43

34.1

1

1

 No

166

63.6

83

65.9

0.91

(0.58–1.42)

0.66

0.93

(0.59–1.46)

0.74

Currently taking antibiotics

 Yes

89

61.0

57

39.0

1

1

1

 No

196

68.1

92

31.9

1.36

(0.90–2.07)

0.14

1.24

(0.80–1.91)

0.34

1.26

(0.82–1.93)

0.29

Deworming medication in last 6 months

 Yes

204

65.2

109

34.8

0.92

(0.59–1.44)

0.73

0.91

(0.57–1.44)

0.68

 No

81

66.9

40

33.1

1

1

Hemoglobin count g/dL

  < 11.5

10

58.8

7

41.2

0.74

(0.28–1.98)

0.55

0.70

(0.22–2.25)

0.55

  ≥ 11.5

275

65.9

142

34.1

1

1

  1. aAOR includes only variables with COR p < 0.3