Soil-transmitted helminths and plasmodium falciparum malaria among individuals living in different agroecosystems in two rural communities in the mount Cameroon area: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Multinomial regression analysis examining factors associated with anaemia in the study population

Parameter	OR	95% CI	P-value
^aAge group
4–14 years	0.73	0.32–1.69	0.467
15–25 years	2.93	1.17–7.33	0.022
26–35 years	2.83	1.23–6.55	0.015
36–45 years	1.84	0.79–4.31	0.158
^bFemale	2.67	1.74–4.11	<0.001
^cMalaria negative	0.76	0.45–1.25	0.272
^dHelminth positive	0.78	0.37–1.65	0.514
^eCo-infection	3.79	0.83–17.37	0.086
^fAbsence of fever	0.62	0.39–0.98	0.043
^gWBC range
Low (<4.5 × 10⁹/L)	0.96	0.19–4.94	0.960
Normal (4.5–16.4 × 10⁹/L)	1.372	0.33–5.69	0.662

^aAge group: 4–14 years = 1; 15–25 years = 2; 26–35 years = 3; 36–45 years = 4; ≥ 46 years = 5
^bFemale =1; male = 0
^cMalaria negative =1; malaria positive = 2
^dHelminth positive = 1;helminth negative = 2
^eCo-infection = 1; no co-infection = 2
^fAbsence of fever = 1; fever = 2
^gWBC range low (<4.5 × 10⁹/L) = 1; normal (4.5–16.4 × 10⁹/L) = 2; high (≥16.4 × 10⁹/L) = 3
P-values in bold are statistically significant

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