Risk factors for schistosomiasis in an urban area in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Table 4 Univariable and multiple logistic regression analysis of variables associated with S. mansoni among study participants non-adjusted and adjusted for age and sex and for socioeconomic status of household head in Korhogo

Schistosomiasis	OR (95% CI)	aOR (95% CI)
Sociodemographic factors
Age (in year) ([10–15]/[5–10])	6.26 (2.30–17.20)	6.05 (2.32–15.80)*
Sex (females / males)	0.08 (0.03–0.25)	0.08 (0.03–0.26)*
School level of the children^a
Schooled/non–schooled	0.63 (0.28–1.38)	0.40 (0.16–0.99)
School level of parents^b
High/low	1.14 (0.46–2.85)	1.37 (0.51–3.68)
Environmental factors (no vs. yes)
Well as source of drinking water	2.79 (1.20–6.51)	2.93 (1.09–7.92)*
Well as source of plant watering	0.54 (0.18–1.60)	0.40 (0.11–1.48)
Tap as source of drinking water	0.47 (0.20–1.08)	0.45 (0.17–1.21)
Using modern latrine	1.16 (0.42–3.17)	1.27 (0.42–3.86)
Household at 500 m from surface water	0.29 (0.13–0.70)	0.31 (0.12–0.82)*
Swimming in surface water point	0.16 (0.04–0.56)	0.12 (0.02–0.66)*
Fishing in surface water	0.30 (0.07–1.31)	0.23 (0.01–7.93)
Socio–economic status (by PCA)^c
Most poor
Poor	4.75 (1.20–18.88)
Less poor	2.45 (0.70–8.58)

*P < 0.05, P-value obtained from mixed logistic regression model with S. mansoni infection as outcome and household as clustering factor
^aSchooled = Children educated in the classical system: primary and secondary school; Non-schooled = Children non-educated in the classical system: who never went to school + Koranic school
^bHigh = Parents with university and secondary schools level; Low = parents with primary and Koranic school level or who never went to school
^cPrincipal component analysis (PCA) based on the possession of: television, radio, fridge, bicycle, motorbike, car, electricity, ventilator, tap water, latrine, brick home

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