Prevalence and Predictors Associated to Schistosoma mansoni Infection among Patients Attending the Saint Jean de Malte Hospital, Njombe, Littoral Region, Cameroon

Table 3

Factors associated with the prevalence of S. mansoni infection.

Variables	COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Age
<20	3.8 (1.8-4.5)	0.042	3.7 (1.1-12.2)	0.03
20–29	2.18 (1.2-3.8)	0.023	2.58 (1.14-18.42)	0.032
30–39	2.06 (0.86-4.93)	0.103	2.5 (0.8-8.2)	0.13
≥40	1		1
Gender
Female	1		1
Male	2.04 (1.08-3.85)	0.029	1.48 (0.574-3.84)	0.416
Level of education
University	1		1
Secondary	1.79 (0.91-3.92)	0.087	1.44 (0.64-3.22)	0.380
Primary	1.99 (0.83-3.46)	0.145	1.82 (0.55-2.69)	0.628
Stream usage
No	1		1
Yes	1.92 (1.25-2.94)	0.003	2.15 (1.32-3.50)	0.002
Frequency to stream per day
Hardly	1		1
Always	9.26 (3.04-28.17)	0.001	11.35 (2.33-55.33)	0.003
Some times	1.10 (0.36-3.36)	0.870	1.48 (0.33-6.70)	0.613
Activity at stream
Washing clothes	1		1
Swimming	2.72 (1.13-6.59)	0.026	2.50 (0.71-8.87)	0.156
Both	7.62 (3.48-16.68)	0.001	7.10 (2.31-21.80)	0.001
Open defecation
No	1		1
Yes	3.79 (1.73-8.30)	0.001	2.39 (0.41-13.90)	0.333
Occupation
Driver	1		1
Student	1.26 (0.63-2.50)	0.461	1.47 (0.64-3.23)	0.360
Farmer	2.07 (1.41-4.25)	0.042	2.57 (0.96-7.30)	0.094
Teacher	0.76 (0.58-2.73)	0.33	0.91 (0.67-4.36)	0.260
Business	—		—