Research Article

Prevalence of Active Trachoma and Its Associated Factors among Rural and Urban Children in Dera Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Factors associated with active trachoma among children in Dera Woreda, Northwest Ethiopia 2014.

Variables Active trachomaCrude OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Yes No

Condition of face
 Clean38 (36.2%)491 (86.7%)11
 Unclean67 (63.8%)75 (13.3%)11.54 (7.24–18.40)4.04  (2.11–7.73)**
Discharge on the eye
 No45 (42.9%)522 (92.2%)11
 Yes60 (57.1%)44 (7.8%)15.82 (9.65–25.92)5.31  (2.71–10.4)**
Feces around the main house
 Yes43 (41%)91 (16.1%)3.62 (2.31–5.67)2.7  (1.53–4.78)*
 No62 (59%)475 (83.9)1