Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter pylori Infection among Children Aged 1 to 15 Years at Holy Innocents Children’s Hospital, Mbarara, South Western Uganda
Table 3
Multinomial logistic regression showing associations between H. pylori infection and risk factors.
Variable
Std. Err
Z score
Odds Ratio
95% CI
P value
Sex
0.338
0.48
1.151
0.647 – 2.045
0.633
School attendance
1.987
2.72
3.948
1.470 – 10.601
0.006
Source of school drinking water
0.423
-0.13
0.944
0.393 – 2.270
0.898
Sanitary facility at school
0.678
1.05
1.574
0.676 – 3.664
0.293
Source of drinking water at home
0.193
-1.70
0.549
0.275 – 1.094
0.089
Sanitary facility at home
0.089
-3.76
0.228
0.106 – 0.492
<0.001
Family history of PUD
0.570
1.72
1.751
0.925 – 3.314
0.085
Family history of Ca Stomach
0.263
-0.87
0.731
0.361 – 1.481
0.386
Family size
0.872
2.84
2.597
1.344 – 5.016
0.04
Std. Err: standard error; CI: confidence interval; PUD: peptic ulcer disease; Ca stomach: cancer of the stomach.
