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 5

Independent predictors of onchocerciasis infection in Semen Bench district, Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, June 2018(n=553).

Variables	Positive	Negative	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	n=35(%)	n=518(%)
Age in year
15-24	3(1.42)	207(98.58)	1.000	1.000
25-34	5(2.9)	166(97.1)	2.078[0.490, 8.823]	3.026[0.667, 13.731]	0.151
35-44	16(17.8)	74(82.2)	14.919[4.226, 52.667]	13.486[3.514, 51.761]	<0.001
45 and above	11(13.4)	71(86.6)	10.690[(2.900, 39.412]	9.411 [2.267, 39.068]	0.002
Sex
Male	28(10.3)	244(89.7)	4.492 [1.928, 10.467]	4.568 [1.622, 12.861]	0.004
Female	7(2.5)	274(97.5)	1.000	1.000
Compliance to ivermectin treatment
Non-compliance	27(10.2)	239(89.8)	3.849 [1.716, 8.632]	3.804 [1.524, 9.495]	0.004
Compliance	8(2.8)	276(97.2)	1.000	1.000
Residence distance from river
< 2 KM	23(17.7)	107(82.3)	7.362[3.549, 15.272]	9.157 [3.901, 21.494]	<0.001
≥2 KM	12(2.8)	411(97.2)	1.000	1.000