Haematological Profile and Intensity of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Ghanaian Children

Table 3

Multiple logistic regression of factors associated with S. haematobium infections controlled for age and gender.

Factors	OR (95% CI)	value
Gender
Male	1 (reference)
Female	1.15 (0.44–3.04)	0.779
Age range
<10	1 (reference)
10–12	1.71 (0.56–5.16)	0.344
13–15	2.47 (0.57–10.61)	0.226
16–18	0.00	—
Water contact activity
Bathing	0.09 (0.00–2.03)	0.130
Swimming	0.21 (0.03–1.40)	0.107
Washing	0.99 (0.09–10.95)	0.991
Drinking	2.49 (0.09–71.21)	0.594
Fishing	1 (reference)
Haematological profile
HGB
<11	3.75 (3.75)	0.111
>11	1 (reference)
MCV
<85	5.75 (1.19–27.81)	0.030
85–95	1 (reference)
>95	6.89 (6.89)	0.109
MCH
<27	8.81 (2.40–32.41)	0.001
27–33	1 (reference)
MCHC
<32	2.07 (0.93–4.60)	0.073
32–36	1 (reference)
MXD
<3	1.56 (0.53–4.59)	0.417
3–13	1 (reference)
>13	2.50 (1.02–6.15)	0.046
RDW-CV
<11	0.42 (0.18–0.99)	0.064
11–16	1 (reference)
>16	1.01 (1.01)	0.178