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Table 3 Results of the univariable analyses of demographic and anthropometric factors of the study participants associated with Cryptosporidium and Giardia infection

From: Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in under-five children with diarrhoea in Blantyre, Malawi

 

Cryptosporidiuma

Giardiab

Variables

Univariable OR (95% CI)c

p value

Univariable OR (95% CI)

p valued

Health centre

    

 - Limbe

 - Ndirande

Reference

1.839 (1.073–3.152)

0.027

Reference

1.892 (1.293–2.767)

0.001

Gender

    

 - Female

 - Male

Reference

1.008 (0.645–1.573)

0.973

Reference

0.980 (0.710–1.351)

0.900

Stunting

    

 - No stunting

 - Moderate stunting

 - Severe stunting

Reference

1.338 (0.775–2.310)

0.980 (0.432–2.220)

0.296

0.961

Reference

1.291 (0.865–1.928)

0.711 (0.375–1.347)

0.211

0.296

Wasting

    

 - No wasting

 - Moderate wasting

 - Severe wasting

Reference

1.161 (0.539–2.501)

0.950 (0.121–7.456)

0.703

0.961

Reference

0.986 (0.549–1.772)

2.136 (0.636–7.180)

0.962

0.220

  1. a. Control group consisting of children with diarrhoea but without Cryptosporidium coded as 0, Cryptosporidium as 1.
  2. b. Control group consisting of children with diarrhoea but without Giardia infection coded as 0, and those without Giardia infection coded as 1.
  3. c. OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval.
  4. d. Bold if significant (p value ≤ 0.05).
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