Current status of Schistosoma mansoni and the factors associated with infection two years following mass drug administration programme among primary school children in Mwea irrigation scheme: A cross-sectional study

Table 3 Fixed effects estimates for logistic regression model for S. mansoni

Multivariable logistic regression
Factor		OR	p-value	95%CI
Gender	Male vs Female	2.73	<0.001*	2.03–3.65
Class	4 vs 7	1.30	0.347	0.75–2.24
	5 vs 7	0.67	0.089	0.42–1.07
	6 vs 7	0.68	0.063	0.45–1.02
Age Category	(8–9) vs >13	0.90	0.798	0.41–1.98
	(10–11) vs >13	0.92	0.765	0.55–1.55
	(12–13) vs >13	1.09	0.681	0.72–1.65
House wall type	Mud vs Stone/bricks	1.66	0.003*	1.19–2.31
	Wood vs Stone/bricks	1.43	0.038*	1.02–2.00
	Iron sheets vs Stone/bricks	0.62	0.143	0.32–1.17
House floor type	Earth vs Cement	0.82	0.288	0.56–1.19
Water source at home	Borehole/well vs Piped water	2.20	0.001*	1.40–3.46
	Canal vs Piped water	2.61	<0.001*	1.87–3.65
	Rainwater vs Piped water	2.25	0.261	0.54–9.27
	Stream/River vs Piped water	2.93	<0.001*	1.93–4.44
Round of treatment	1 vs >3	0.48	0.047*	0.24–0.99
	2 vs >3	0.55	0.064	0.29–1.04
	3 vs >3	0.65	0.224	0.32–1.31
Disease diagnosed with when ill last term	Bilharzia vs Others	2.38	0.068	0.94–6.06
	Diarrhea vs Others	1.12	0.814	0.44–2.84
	Malaria vs Others	0.74	0.260	0.44–1.25
	Stomach ache vs Others	0.94	0.820	0.56–1.59
	Typhoid vs Others	1.28	0.698	0.36–4.51
Time to nearest health centre	60 min vs <30 min	0.87	0.482	0.60–1.27
Time to nearest health centre	>60 min vs <30 min	1.18	0.657	0.56–2.50
Disease when last visited hospital	Bilharzia vs Others	1.11	0.808	0.49–2.53
	Diarrhea vs Others	0.82	0.593	0.40–1.69
	Malaria vs Others	0.83	0.596	0.42–1.64
	Typhoid vs Others	1.30	0.628	0.44–3.82

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