Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Prenatal Care in the Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 5
Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of selected risk factors associated with E. histolytica/dispar infections among pregnant women.
Characteristic
Entamoeba histolytica
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Positive
Negative
Educational level
0.081
Illiterate
9 (13.1)
60 (86.9)
5.45 (0.71-16.74)
0.124
2.33 (0.42-13.11)
0.336
Writing and reading
22 (12.6)
152 (87.3)
3.33 (0.75-14.69)
0.112
3.79 (0.76-18.56)
0.099
High school
4 (4.3)
89 (95.7)
1.03 (0.18-5.86)
0.970
1.19 (0.19-7.34)
0.853
College/university
2 (4.2)
46 (95.8)
1
1
Monthly income (ETB)
0.041
Less than 500
13 (16.2)
67 (83.7)
3.62 (1.31-9.98)
0.013
1.69 (0.53-5.34)
0.373
500-1000
18 (9.7)
168 (90.3)
2.0 (0.77-5.19)
0.155
1.58 (0.54-4.64)
0.397
Above 1000
6 (5.1)
112 (94.9)
1
1
Hand washing before meal
No
5 (25.0)
15 (75.0)
3.46 (1.18-10.14)
0.024
2.81 (0.80-9.83)
0.106
Yes
32 (8.8)
332 (91.2)
1
1
Place of defecation
Outside toilet
15 (12.1)
109 (87.9)
1.49 (0.74-2.98)
0.261
Inside toilet
22 (8.5)
238 (91.5)
1
Habit of eating raw vegetables/meat
Yes
29 (22.3)
101 (77.7)
8.83 (3.90-19.97)
≤0.001
7.83 (3.33-18.41)
≤0.001
No
8 (3.1)
206 (96.3)
1
1
1: reference category. : statistically significant at .
