Repeated praziquantel treatment and Opisthorchis viverrini infection: a population-based cross-sectional study in northeast Thailand

Table 3 Effect of education level on the association between PZQ and current O. viverrini infection

Factors	Number	% OV^a	cOR	aOR ^b	95% CI	P-value
PZQ treatment and O. viverrini infection by education level
Less than secondary school						0.038
Used PZQ 3 times and lower	1894	19.5	1	1
Used PZQ more than 3 times	78	29.5	1.73	1.71	1.03–2.85
Secondary school and higher						0.092
Used PZQ 3 times and lower	1080	11.6	1	1
Used PZQ more than 3 times	29	24.1	2.43	2.15	0.88–5.25

PZQ Praziquantel treatments, cOR Crude odds ratio, aOR Adjusted odds ratio
^aOV: Opisthorchis viverrini
^bOdds ratios adjusted for all factors includes history of PZQ treatment, education levels, gender, age at enrolment, occupation, smoking history, alcohol consumption history, history of raw fish eating, and distance of sub-district to water source

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