Intestinal Parasite Infection and Its Association with Undernutrition among Early Adolescents in Hawassa University Technology Village, Southern Ethiopia

Table 5

Factors associated with IPIs among primary school early adolescents in the districts of Hawassa University Technology Village, Southern Ethiopia, October 2020.

Variable (n = 750)	Category	IPIs		COR	AOR	value
		Yes	No
Place of residence	Rural	206	471	1.99 (1.22–3.25)	1.55(0.89–2.69)	0.122
	Urban	34	39	1	1
Family income level	≤2000 eth birr	201	452	0.66 (0.43–1.03)	0.67(0.42–1.09)	0.113
	>2000 eth birr	39	58	1	1
Family own toilet	Yes	106	170	1	1	0.004
	No	134	340	1.58 (1.15–2.17)	1.71(1.18–2.46)
Family toilet sharing history	Yes	61	140	1	1	0.144
	No	179	370	1.11 (0.78–1.57)	1.36(0.48–1.11)
Sex of the adolescents	Male	133	262	1	1	0.087
	Female	107	248	1.18 (0.86–1.60)	0.73(0.52–1.05)
Shoes wearing	Yes	177	388	1	1	0.217
	No	63	122	1.13 (0.79–1.61)	0.78(0.53–1.16)
Dirty in adolescents finger nail	Yes	134	226	1	1	0.131
	No	106	284	1.59 (1.17–2.16)	1.30(0.93–1.83)
Wash hands after toilet	Yes	107	307	1	1	< 0.001
	No	133	203	1.88 (1.38–2.56)	1.89(1.35–2.66)
Raw meat eating history	Yes	94	162	1.38 (1.01–1.90)	1.50(1.03–2.14)	0.037
	No	146	348	1	1
Stunting	Yes	89	72	3.58 (2.49–5.15)	3.61(2.44–5.33)	< 0.001
	No	151	438	1	1
Thinness	Yes	71	60	3.15 (2.14–4.64)	3.07(2.02–4.66)	< 0.001
	No	169	450	1	1

NB: all the variables entered into the multivariable analysis model were also listed under column 1 of Table 5.