The Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Their Associated Factors among Diabetes Mellitus Patients at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among diabetic patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables		Intestinal parasite (%)		COR 95% CI	AOR 95% CI	value
		Present	Absent
Sex	Male	32 (13.7)	131 (55.9)	1.09 (0.53, 2.23)
	Female	13 (5.56)	58 (24.8)	1
Age	15-30	13 (5.56)	57 (24.4)	1
	31-45	19 (8.1)	71 (30.34)	1.07 (0.46, 2.50)
	>45	13 (5.56)	61 (26)	1.26 (0.57, 2.75)
Residence	Urban	15 (6.4)	114 (48.7)	1	1
	Rural	30 (12.8)	75 (32)	3.04 (1.53, 6.30)	0.27 (0.62, 1.20)	0.087
Education	Unable to read and write	26 (11.1)	50 (21.36)	5.89 (2.26, 15.39)	3.62 (1.038, 12.65)	0.043
	Primary school	7 (2.9)	43 (18.4)	1.85 (0.58, 5.86)	1.22 (0.31, 4.85)	0.774
	High school	6 (2.56)	28 (11.9)	2.43 (0.72, 8.18)	1.20 (0.55, 7.27)	0.293
	Above high school	6 (2.6)	68 (29.1)	1	1
Hygiene and sanitation	Sometimes	38 (16.2)	86 (36.7)	6.50 (2.76, 15.30)	4.67 (1.82, 12.07)	0.001
	Always	7 (2.9)	103 (44)	1	1
Latrine	Yes	16 (6.84)	141 (60.3)	1	1
	No	29 (12.4)	48 (20.5)	5.32 (2.63, 10.64)	5.41 (1.43, 20.56)	0.013
Type of diabetes	Type one	36 (15.4)	149 (63.7)	1.07 (0.48, 2.41)
	Type two	9 (3.85)	40 (17.1)	1
Duration of diabetes (in year)	<5 year	20 (8.5)	95 (40.6)	0.56 (0.23, 1.39)
	5-10 year	16 (6.84)	70 (29.9)	0.61 (0.24, 1.56)
	>10 year	9 (3.85)	24 (10.26)	1
Type of antidiabetic drug	Injectable	37 (15.8)	150 (64.1)	1.20 (0.52, 2.79)
	Oral	8 (3.42)	39 (16.7)	1

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.