Assessment of Etiology of Elephantiasis and Its Associated Risk Factors in Jeldu District, West Shoa, Ethiopia

Table 8

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of associated risk factors of LF (n = 32) in Jeldu district, West Shoa, Ethiopia.

Factors		FTS +ve n (%)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Sex	Male	12 (37.5)	1.5 (0.68–3.4)	0.66 (0.3–1.46)	0.30
	Female	20 (62.5)	1	1	1
Age	10–25	7 (21.9)	0.92 (0.24–3.7)	1.08 (0.27–4.3)	0.92
	26–40	6 (18.8)	1.1 (0.3–3.7)	0.94 (0.27–3.342)	0.90
	41–55	14 (43.8)	0.5 (0.17–1.5)	2.00 (0.66–6.0)	0.21
	56–70	5 (15.6)	1	1	1
Occupation	Farmers	27 (84.4)	0.46 (0.058–3.6)	2.2 (0.27–17)	0.46
	Students	4 (12.5)	0.27 (0.024–2.97)	3.75 (0.33–41)	0.28
	Others	1 (3.1)	1	1	1
Bed net	Yes	8 (25)	2.5 (1.1–6)	0.39(0.16–0.93)	0.03
	No	24 (75)	1	1	1
Drugs (DEC/IVM)	Yes	2 (6.3)	1	1	1
	No	30 (92.7)	1.24E + 10	—	—
Irrigation	Yes	19 (59.4)	0.3 (0.14–0.67)	3.3(1.49–7.3)	0.003
	No	13 (40.6)	1	1	1