Table 1 Parasite positivity as detected by light microscopy among different socio-demographic factors of patients using logistic regression analysis
Patient variables | Parasite positivity by the LM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. tested% | No. positive% | No. negative% | OR | 95%CI | ||
Sex | Male | 155(61) | 72(46.5) | 83(53.5) | 0.551 | 0.325-0.932 |
Female | 99(39) | 32(32.3) | 67(67.7) | |||
Age group in years | <5 | 44 (17.3) | 12(27.3) | 32(72.6) | 1.939 | 0.629-5.984 |
6-15 | 46(18.1) | 27(58.7) | 19(41.3) | 0.512 | 0.173-1.512 | |
16-25 | 84(33.1) | 35(41.7) | 49(59.3) | 1.018 | 0.371-2.792 | |
26-35 | 44(17.3) | 16(36.4) | 28(63.6) | 1.273 | 0.424-3.818 | |
36-45 | 17(6.7) | 6(35.3) | 11(64.7) | 1.333 | 0.346-5.136 | |
>46 | 19(7.5) | 8(42.1) | 11(64.7) | |||
Residence | Rural | 197(77.2) | 88(44.9) | 109(55.3) | 0.483 | 0.254-0.919 |
Urban | 57(22.4) | 16(28.1) | 41(71.9) | |||
Educational status | Illiterate | 155(61) | 59(38.1) | 96(61.9) | 0.814 | 0.196-3.377 |
Primary school | 47(18.5) | 29(61.7) | 18(38.3) | 0.31 | 0.069-1.399 | |
Secondary school | 43(17) | 13(30.2) | 30(69.8) | 1.154 | 0.25-5.335 | |
College | 9(3.5) | 3(33.3) | 6(66.7) | |||
Occupation | Student | 73(28.7) | 31(42.5) | 42(57.5) | 1.185 | 0.389-3.617 |
Farmer | 141(55.5) | 61(43.5) | 80(56.7) | |||
Housewife | 25(9.8) | 5(20) | 20(80) | 1.148 | 0.395-3.338 | |
Others | 15(5.9) | 7(46.7) | 8(53.3) | 3.50 | 0.854-14.342 | |