Table 1 Prevalence and mean intensity of S. mansoni infections by age, sex and school among school children in Yachi areas, southwestern Ethiopia, 2017
From: Transmission of Schistosoma mansoni in Yachi areas, southwestern Ethiopia: new foci
Variable | Frequency of Schistosoma mansoni | Bivariate | Multivariate | ARMEC b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Positive | Prevalence (%)a (95% CI) | cOR (95% CI) | P value | aOR (95% CI) | P value | P value | ||
Overall | 317 | 136 | 42.9 (37.4–0.48.3) | 760.2 | |||||
Age (years) | |||||||||
5–10 | 173 | 72 | 41.6 (34.2–48.9) | 1 | 1 | 178.3 | 0.477c | ||
11–15 | 144 | 64 | 44.4 (36.3–52.5) | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) | 0.731 | 0.9 (0.6–1.6) | 0.839 | 141.1 | |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 172 | 88 | 51.2 (43.7–58.6) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 0.001 | 0.4 (0.2–0.6) | < 0.001 | 220.8 | 0.014c |
Female | 145 | 48 | 33.1 (25.4–40.7) | 1 | 1 | 95.3 | |||
School | |||||||||
Yachi Efo | 149 | 53 | 35.6 (27.9–43.3) | 1 | 1 | 93.7 | 0.010c | ||
Yachi Yisa | 168 | 83 | 49.4 (41.8–56.9) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.013 | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 0.002 | 225.3 | |