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Table 3 Factors associated with pinworm infection in school-age children

From: Is pinworm infection still a public health concern among children in resource-rich regions? Trends in pinworm infection prevalence and associated factors among children in Hualien County, Taiwan: a retrospective cross-sectional study

 

Crude

Adjusted

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Age

0.85 (0.83, 0.88)

 < 0.001*

0.86 (0.84, 0.88)

 < 0.001*

Gender

-

-

-

-

 Male

1.28 (1.18, 1.39)

 < 0.001*

1.29 (1.19, 1.40)

 < 0.001*

 Female

References

NA

References

NA

BMI group

-

-

-

-

 Normal

References

NA

References

NA

 Underweight

0.91 (0.82, 0.99)

0.043*

1.07 (0.97, 1.18)

0.179

 Overweight

0.50 (0.43, 0.59)

 < 0.001*

0.52 (0.44, 0.61)

 < 0.001*

 Obese

0.35 (0.28, 0.43)

 < 0.001*

0.36 (0.29, 0.44)

 < 0.001*

Year

-

-

-

-

 2009

References

NA

References

NA

 2010

0.96 (0.83, 1.12)

0.634

0.96 (0.82, 1.12)

0.608

 2011

0.92 (0.79, 1.08)

0.320

0.91 (0.78, 1.07)

0.258

 2012

0.90 (0.77, 1.06)

0.197

0.87 (0.74, 1.02)

0.091

 2013

0.85 (0.72, 1.00)

0.052

0.82 (0.70, 0.98)

0.024*

 2014

0.60 (0.50, 0.72)

 < 0.001*

0.59 (0.49, 0.71)

 < 0.001*

 2015

0.68 (0.56, 0.82)

 < 0.001*

0.66 (0.55, 0.80)

 < 0.001*

 2016

0.77 (0.64, 0.92)

0.003*

0.76 (0.63, 0.90)

0.002*

 2017

0.84 (0.71, 0.99)

0.049*

0.83 (0.70, 0.99)

0.036*

 2018

0.80 (0.67, 0.95)

0.010*

0.77 (0.65, 0.92)

0.004*

Urbanization

-

-

-

-

 Urban

References

NA

References

NA

 Suburban

1.42 (1.29, 1.58)

 < 0.001*

1.45 (1.31, 1.61)

 < 0.001*

 Rural

4.99 (4.52, 5.50)

 < 0.001*

5.27 (4.77, 5.83)

 < 0.001*

  1. Data are presented as odds ratio (95% CI). CI Confidence interval
  2. *P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant after test