Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Gastrointestinal Carriage of Pathogenic Gram Negative Enteric Bacteria among Apparently Healthy Food Handlers of Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Multivariate logistic regression analysis: Predictors for intestinal parasitic infection among food handlers working in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March to June 2017 (n = 368).

Predictors		Positive No. (%)	Negative No. (%)	Crude OR 95% CI	Adjusted OR 95%CI
Formal food preparation training	Yes	13 (16.9)	64 (83.1)	0.36 (0.19–0.67)	0.37 (0.19–0.75)
	No	106 (36.4)	185 (63.6)	1.00	1.00
Wash hand with water and detergent after toilet use	Yes	51 (23.4)	167 (76.6)	0.37 (0.24–0.58)	0.38 (0.23–0.62)
	No	68 (45)	82 (55)	1.00	1.00
Eat raw/ undercooked food	Yes	88 (41)	129 (59)	1.00	1.00
	No	31 (20.5)	120 (79.5)	0.38 (0.24–0.61)	0.36 (0.22–0.61)
Regular medical checkup within the past 6 months	Yes	37 (19.8)	150 (80.2)	0.3 (0.19–0.47)	0.35 (0.22–0.58)
	No	82 (45)	99 (55)	1.00	1.00
Share knife	Yes	102 (38)	169 (62)	1.00	1.00
	No	17 (17.5)	80 (82.5)	0.35 (0.2–0.63)	0.23 (0.23–0.8)

n = Sample size.