Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasites among children of age 6 to 59 months in, Boricha district, South Ethiopia, in 2018

Table 4 Determinant of intestinal parasitic infections from backward stepwise (Wald) logistic regression in among children aged 6 to 59 months, Boricha district, South Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 622)

Variable	Categories	Intestinal parasites		COR (95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)	p-value
Variable	Categories	Yes	No	COR (95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)	p-value
Wealth index	Poorest	113	41	5.65 (3.35,9.5)*	1.04 (0.49,2.22)	0.62
	Poor	39	33	2.42 (1.33,4.4)*	0.79 (0.34,1.78)	0.57
	Middle	69	88	1.6 (0.98,2.62)	0.57 (0.29,1.10)	0.72
	Rich	42	75	1.14 (0.67,1.95)	0.57 (0.28,1.15)	0.64
	Richest	40	82	1	1
Source of drinking water	Protected	199	286	1	1
Source of drinking water	Unprotected	104	33	4.52 (3.13,7.62)*	1.14 (0.58,2.24)	0.351
Raw vegetables & fruits	Yes	143	41	6.0 (4.07,9.02)*	2.65 (1.6,4.7)**	0.002
Raw vegetables & fruits	No	160	278	1	1
Absence of latrine	Yes	135	38	5.9 (4,8.9)*	2.9 (1.6,5.3)**	0.001
Absence of latrine	No	168	281	1	1
Wearing Shoes	Yes	127	244	1	1
Wearing Shoes	No	176	75	4.5 (3.2,6.4)*	3.5 (2.2,5.7)**	0.001
Family size	Small	78	222	1	1
	Medium	71	46	4.4 (2.8,6.9)*	2.3 (1.3,4.2)**	0.03
	Large family	154	51	8.6 (5.7,12.9)*	2.7 (1.5,5)**	0.001

Key: 1 = reference categories; * = Indicates significant association (P-value < 0.25); ** = Indicate the highly significant association (P-value < 0.05); COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval

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