Prevalence of Intestinal Helminths Infestation in Children Attending Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, Ghana

Table 3

Factors associated with helminths infestation in study participants.

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Age group
<24	Ref		Ref
24–47	7.45 (0.84–65.72)	0.07	9.15 (0.58–144.98)	0.12
48–71	15.1 (1.74–131.00)	0.01	16.72 (1.00–279.72)	0.05
72–120	60.11 (7.85–460.38)	0.00	51.87 (3.87–694.71)	0.00
Residence
Urban	Ref		Ref
Rural	10.25 (4.54–23.16)	0.00	7.35 (1.68–32.11)	0.01
Parent occupation
Employed	Ref		Ref
Not employed	7.0 (3.34–14.63)	0.00	2.92 (0.38–22.27)	0.30
Parents education
Never	Ref		Ref
Primary	2.67 (0.58–12.19)	0.21	3.93 (0.31–49.74)	0.29
Secondary	0.13 (0.05–0.31)	0.00	2.4 (0.27–21.38)	0.44
Certificate & above	0.03 (0.004–0.26)	0.00	1.82 (0.08–43.55)	0.71
Latrine at home
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	0.09 (0.04–0.19)	0.00	0.80 (0.14–4.46)	0.79
Hand wash after toilet
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	0.03 (0.01–0.06)	0.00	0.04 (0.01–0.20)	0.00
Fingernail dirty
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	15.85 (5.41–46.47)	0.00	7.96 (1.73–36.65)	0.01