Journal of Parasitology Research

Research Article

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Their Associated Risk Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Center at Woreilu Health Center, Woreilu, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of intestinal parasitic infection across sociodemographic and other associated risk factors among pregnant women in Woreilu Health Center, Woreilu, Northeast Ethiopia from October 2018 to February 2019.


Variables	Classification	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value

Age (years)	15-19	1 (0.29-3.49)	1.000	0.44 (0.08-2.48)	0.356
	20-24	0.80 (0.26-2.47)	0.698	0.63 (0.14-2.84)	0.549
	25-29	1.14 (0.37-3.56)	0.818	0.96 (0.24-3.89)	0.953
	30-34	1.2 (0.37-3.9)	0.768	0.87 (0.23-3.31)	0.835
	35-39	1.58 (0.42-5.95)	0.502	2.15 (0.51-9.16)	0.299
	≥40	1		1

Residence	Urban	1		1
Residence	Rural	1.96 (1.26, 3.05)	0.003	1.24 (0.69-2.24)	0.471

Marital status	Single	1		1
	Married	0.65 (0.33-1.28)	0.211	0.86 (0.37-2.02)	0.735
	Divorced	3.48 (0.84-14.45)	0.086	3.87 (0.79-18.72)	0.093
	Widowed	0.63 (0.09-4.22)	0.637	0.70 (0.08-5.83)	0.742

Occupation	Government	1		1
	Private	1.49 (0.74-3.01)	0.266	1.07 (0.41-2.78)	0.885
	Housewife	1.68 (0.93-3.03)	0.086	1.13 (0.44-2.91)	0.792
	Student	2.69 (1.24-5.85)	0.013	3.35 (1.01-11.09)	0.047

Education	Illiterate	3.07 (1.47-6.44)	0.003	2.61 (0.85-8.01)	0.09
	Primary	1.47 (0.77-2.81)	0.248	1.11 (0.42-2.95)	0.840
	Secondary	1.08 (0.52-2.24)	0.842	0.81 (0.32-2.06)	0.652
	Preparatory& above	1		1

Gravidity	Primigravidae	0.79 (0.47-1.36)	0.403	1.52 (0.54-4.27)	0.432
	Bigravidae	1.06 (0.59-1.89)	0.832	1.89 (0.82-4.38)	0.134
	Multigravidae	1		1

Trimester	1^st	1		1
	2^nd	3.72 (1.47-9.4)	0.006	3.94 (1.46-10.64)	0.007
	3^rd	3.70 (1.39–9.87)	0.009	3.32 (1.15-9.6)	0.027

Source of drinking water	Tap water	1		1
	Well	2.02 (0.79-5.17)	0.142	1.63 (0.61-4.39)	0.334
	Spring	3.44 (2.01-5.88)	≤0.001	2.91 (1.62-5.22)	≤0.001

Availability of toilet	No	3.06 (1.48-6.34)	0.003	2.14 (0.91-5.05)	0.083
Availability of toilet	Yes	1		1

Hand wash after toilet	No	1.67 (0.64-4.35)	0.293	0.73 (0.23-2.31)	0.596
Hand wash after toilet	Yes	1		1

Shoe wearing	No	1.30 (0.18-9.36)	0.793	0.860 (0.09-7.78)	0.894
Shoe wearing	Yes	1		1

Eating raw meat	No	1		1
Eating raw meat	Yes	0.92 (0.57-1.47)	0.718	1.28 (0.71-2.28)	0.414

Eating raw vegetables or fruit	No	1		1
Eating raw vegetables or fruit	Yes	0.83 (0.489-1.41)	0.490	0.781 (0.42-1.45)	0.433

Hand wash with soap before food meal	No	0.77 (0.05-12.4)	0.853	0.52 (0.03-9.26)	0.653
Hand wash with soap before food meal	Yes	1		1

Soil eating habit	No	1		1
Soil eating habit	Yes	1.5 (0.93-2.41)	0.094	1.27 (0.75-2.14)	0.379