Prevalence of Onchocerciasis and Associated Factors among Adults Aged ≥ 15 Years in Semen Bench District, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Results of bivariate analysis on onchocerciasis and associated factors among adults aged ≥ 15 years in Semen Bench district, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, June 2018 (n=553).

Variable	Category	Total (%)	Onchocerciasis status		COR[95% C.I]	P- value
			Positive	Negative
Age	15-24	210(38)	3 (1.4)	207(98.6)	1.000
	25-34	171(31)	5 (2.9)	166(97.1)	2.078 [0.490, 8.823]	0.321
	35-44	90(16.3)	16 (17.8)	74(82.2)	14.919 [4.226, 52.667]	<0.001
	≥45	82(14.8)	11(13.4)	71(86.6)	10.690 [2.900, 39.412]	<0.001
Sex	Male	272(49.1)	28(10.3)	244(89.7)	4.492 [1.928, 10.467]	0.001
	Female	281(50.9)	7(2.5)	274(97.5)	1.000
Religion	Protestant	496(89.6)	32(6.5)	464(93.5)	1.241[0.368, 4.190]	0.728
	Others	57(10.4)	3(5.3)	54(94.7)	1.000
Educational status	Illiterate	186(33.6)	19(10.2)	167(89.8)	2.496 [1.252, 4.977]	0.009
	Read & write & above	367(66.4)	16(4.4)	351(95.6)	1.000
Occupation	Farmer	352(63.7)	31(8.8)	321(91.2)	4.756 [1.654, 13.677]	0.004
	Others	201(36.3)	4(1.90)	197(98.1)	1.000
Duration of stay in years	1-20	208(37.8)	7(3.4)	201(96.6)	1.000
	21 & +	342(62.2)	27(7.9)	315(92.1)	2.461[1.052, 5.758]	0.038
Compliance to ivermectin Rx	Non-compliant	266(48.4)	27(10.2)	239(89.8)	3.897[1.716, 8.632]	0.001
	Compliant	284(51.4)	8(2.8)	276(97.2)	1.000
Residence distance from river	< 2KM	130(23.5)	23(17.7)	107(82.3)	7.362[3.549, 15.272]	<0.001
	≥ 2KM	423(76.5)	12(2.8)	411(97.2)	1.000
Residence existed at river bank	Yes	111(20.1)	21(18.9)	90(81.1)	7.682 [3.709, 15.910]	<0.001
	No	441(79.4)	13(2.9)	428(97.1)	1.000