Table 3 A multivariable logistic regression analysis of potential risk factors with Giardia lamblia and Hymenolepis nana infestations identified using formal ether concentration technique among preschool children in Sekota town, Waghimra zone, Ethiopia, 2019, (total positive for GL, n = 55, and total negative for GL, n = 323), and (total positive for HN, n = 19, and total negative for HN, n = 359)

P-value

COR

P-value

AOR

Variables

Categories

Yes (%)

Lower

Upper

Child sex

Male

19 (10)

171 (90)

1

1

Female

36 (80.9)

152 (19.1)

0.013

2.13

0.023

2.235

1.115

4.480

Place spent

Indoor

17(23)

57(77)

1

1

Outdoor

38(12.5)

266 (87.5)

0.024

2.088

0.040

0.463

0.222

0.964

Deworming intake

Yes

12(7.7)

144(92.3)

1

1

No

43(19.4)

179(80.6)

0.002

2.88

0.029

2.365

1.091

5.127

Complete vaccination

Yes

44

281

1

1

No

11

42

0.17

1.67

0.534

1.347

0.527

3.448

Shoes waring habit

Sometimes

27

243

0. 14

0.58

0.301

0.671

0.315

1.429

Not wear

15

12

0.00

6.54

0.000

9.909

3.313

29.636

Regularly

13

68

1

1

Presence of latrine

Yes

42(17.9)

193(82.1)

1

1

No

13(9.1)

130(90.9)

0.02

0.46

0.291

0.633

0.271

1.478

Presence of animal in home

Yes

33(16.4)

168(83.6)

0.27

1.38

0.563

1.243

0.594

2.601

No

22(12.4)

155(87.6)

1

1

Cleanness of child finger

Yes

22(18.3)

98(81.7)

1

1

No

33(12.8)

225(87.2)

0.16

0.65

0.845

1.071

0.535

2.144

P-value

COR

AOR

P-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Lower

Upper

Child sex

Male

15(8.4)

174(91.6)

0.007

5.67

7.51

2.07

27.20

0.002*

Female

3(1.6)

185(98.4)

1

1

Deworming intake

Yes

4(2.6)

152(97.4)

1

1

No

15(6.8)

207(93.2)

0.077

2.75

3.37

1.05

10.8

0.04*

Shoes waring habit

Sometimes

11(4.1)

259(95.9)

0.736

0.82

0.77

0.23

2.59

0.77

Not wear

4(14.8)

23(85.2)

0.105

3.35

2.43

0.52

11.46

2.43

Regularly

4(4.9)

77(95.1)

1

1

Presence of latrine

Yes

15(6.4)

220(93.6)

1

1

No

4(2.8)

139(97.2)

0.13

0.42

0.31

0.09

1.00

0.05