Table 2 Association between epidemiological and laboratory findings with the presence Giardia cysts in stool samples from children living in temporary housing after the 1999 earthquake disaster in Armenia.

Communal toilet (versus individual toilet)

21/25

110/192

3.9

1.2–16

0.01

Municipal water service versus individual water tank

27/58

104/159

3.5

1.1–14

0.02

Mucus in fecal sample

20/26

111/191

2.39

0.9–6.7

0.049

Leukocytes in stool

16/22

115/195

1.85

0.70–5.35

0.15

Plastic stock of food versus carton stock of food

49/93

82/124

1.7

0.9–3.1

0.06

Yeast in stool

57/93

74/124

1.06

0.61–1.82

0.46

Diarrhea

23/42

108/175

0.75

0.4–1.4

0.84

Flu symptoms

79/136

52/81

0.7

0.4–1.4

0.45

Lipids in stool

120/201

11/16

0.67

0.18–2.2

0.65

Clean lodgment

62/118

69/99

0.48

0.27–0.84

0.014