Intestinal Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors among School-Aged Children of Bamendjou Community, West Region of Cameroon

Table 9

Association between potential risk factors and helminth infection among school children in Bamendjou.

		Infected	Noninfected	OR (95% CI)	value
Wearing shoes
Always	476	52	424	1	NA
At times	16	5	11	3.71 (1.23-11.08)	0.04
Washing feet
Always	298	37	261	1	NA
At times	191	20	171	0.82 (0.46-1.47)	0.51
Never	4	0	4	0.77 (0.04-14.68)	0.86
Hand washing
Never	14	2	12	1.24 (0.26-5.99)	0.78
No soap	226	21	205	0.76 (0.4-1.47)	0.42
Soap	161	19	142	1	NA
Water source
Tap	287	25	262	1	NA
Stream	121	19	102	1.95 (1.03-3.7)	0.04
Tap/stream	16	2	14	1.49 (0.32-6.96)	0.61
Well	18	1	17	0.61 (0.08-4.93)	0.64
Treating water before drinking
Yes	9	1	8	1	NA
No	36	4	32	1 (0.09-10.22)	1

NA: not applicable.