Table 4 |
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| Association of intestinal helminth infection and non-severeP. falciparummalaria among malaria suspected febrile patients who attended Dore Bafeno Health Center, southern Ethiopia, December 2010 | |||||
| Outcome | Main exposure | Model | OR | 95% CI | p-value |
| P. falciparum | Only A. lumbricoides (Al) | Crude | 2.58 | 1.44, 4.61 | 0.001 |
| Adjusted* | 2.55 | 1.40, 4.63 | 0.002 | ||
| Only hookworm (Hw) | Crude | 0.47 | 0.06, 3.67 | 0.473 | |
| Adjusted* | 0.54 | 0.07, 4.35 | 0.565 | ||
| Only T. trichiura (Tt) | Crude | 2.48 | 0.98, 6.27 | 0.055 | |
| Adjusted* | 2.77 | 1.15, 6.65 | 0.023 | ||
| Only S. mansoni (Sm) | Crude | 2.83 | 1.21, 6.63 | 0.016 | |
| Adjusted* | 3.25 | 1.32, 7.97 | 0.010 | ||
| Al and Tt | Crude | 3.57 | 1.49, 8.55 | 0.004 | |
| Adjusted* | 3.12 | 1.27, 7.61 | 0.013 | ||
| Al and Sm | Crude | 2.44 | 0.75, 7.96 | 0.139 | |
| Adjusted* | 2.65 | 0.76, 9.22 | 0.125 | ||
| Al, Tt and Sm | Crude | 2.64 | 0.27, 26.23 | 0.406 | |
| Adjusted* | 2.34 | 0.23, 23.88 | 0.473 | ||
| Al, Tt, Sm and Hw | Crude | 3.96 | 1.48, 10.60 | 0.006 | |
| Adjusted* | 4.12 | 1.49, 11.31 | 0.006 | ||
| Any intestinal helminth | Crude | 2.74 | 1.71, 4.41 | 0.000 | |
| Adjusted* | 2.89 | 1.77, 4.72 | 0.000 | ||
NB 1. Individuals free from any intestinal helminth infection were used as reference categories while calculating the OR.
2. Adjusted*=the model is adjusted for the effects of age, gender and nutritional status.
3. Any intestinal helminth = individuals infected with at least 1 intestinal helminth species.
Degarege et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2012 12:291 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-12-291
