Polyparasitism with Schistosoma haematobium, Plasmodium and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in Muyuka–Cameroon following implementation of control measures: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Risk factors of poly-infection with Schistosoma haematobium/Plasmodium and /STH

Variable	Category	S. haematobium + Plasmodium		S. haematobium + P. falciparum ₊ STH		S. haematobium + STH
Variable	Category	aOR (95% CI)	P-value	aOR (95% CI)	P value	aOR (95% CI)	P-value
Sex	Female	2.38 (1.24–4.60)	0.009	1.35 (0.26–6.93)	0.716	4.8E-9 (0.0–C)	0.998
Sex	Male	Reference		Reference		Reference
Site	Bafia	1.01 × 10^–9(0.0–C)	0.997	ND	ND	ND	ND
	Ikata	0.04 (0.01–0.18)	< 0.001	ND		ND
	Likoko	Reference		Reference		Reference
Open defecation behaviour	No	0.07 (0.01–0.49)	0.008	ND	ND	ND	ND
Open defecation behaviour	Yes	Reference		Reference		Reference

aOR adjusted odds ratio, C system missing, CI confidence interval, STH soil transmitted helminths, ND not determined as it is redundant in the model, STH soil-transmitted helminths, P values in bold are statistically significant

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