Table 4 Association of intestinal helminth infection and non-severe P. falciparum malaria among malaria suspected febrile patients who attended Dore Bafeno Health Center, southern Ethiopia, December 2010

P. falciparum

Only A. lumbricoides (Al)

Crude

2.58

1.44, 4.61

0.001

Adjusted*

2.55

1.40, 4.63

0.002

Only hookworm (Hw)

Crude

0.47

0.06, 3.67

0.473

Adjusted*

0.54

0.07, 4.35

0.565

Only T. trichiura (Tt)

Crude

2.48

0.98, 6.27

0.055

Adjusted*

2.77

1.15, 6.65

0.023

Only S. mansoni (Sm)

Crude

2.83

1.21, 6.63

0.016

Adjusted*

3.25

1.32, 7.97

0.010

Al and Tt

Crude

3.57

1.49, 8.55

0.004

Adjusted*

3.12

1.27, 7.61

0.013

Al and Sm

Crude

2.44

0.75, 7.96

0.139

Adjusted*

2.65

0.76, 9.22

0.125

Al, Tt and Sm

Crude

2.64

0.27, 26.23

0.406

Adjusted*

2.34

0.23, 23.88

0.473

Al, Tt, Sm and Hw

Crude

3.96

1.48, 10.60

0.006

Adjusted*

4.12

1.49, 11.31

0.006

Any intestinal helminth

Crude

2.74

1.71, 4.41

0.000

Adjusted*

2.89

1.77, 4.72

0.000