Table 2 Associations between patient characteristics and parasitic infection for children aged 5 years and below with diarrhoea in a study of intestinal parasites in urban poor, Nairobi, January 2010 to December 2011

Total

225/2112(10.7)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gender

Male (ref)

134/1116(12)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Female

91/996(9.1)

0.74

0.56,0.98

0.033*

0.68

0.51,0.92

0.012*

Age group¹

0 to 12 months (ref)

42/758(5.5)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

13 to 24 months

52/528(9.8)

1.86

1.22,2.84

0.004*

1.46

0.93,2.28

0.098

25 to 36 months

61/408(15)

3.0

1.98,4.53

<0.001*

2.04

1.31,3.19

0.002*

37 to 48 months

46/241(19.1)

4.02

2.57,6.29

<0.001*

2.55

1.59,4.13

<0.001*

49 to 60 months

24/148(16.2)

3.3

1.93,5.64

<0.001*

1.96

1.12,3.43

0.019*

HIV status²

Negative (ref)

178/1598(11.1)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Positive

41/302(13.6)

1.25

0.87,1.80

0.225

1.58

1.18,2.33

0.019*

Patient type

Outpatients (ref)

218/1577(13.8)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Inpatients

7/535(1.3)

0.83

0.04,0.18

<0.001*

0.11

0.51,0.24

<0.001*

Seasonality

-

-

Dry Season (ref)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Wet season

0

0.96

0.72,1.27

0.769

1.29

0.96,1.74

0.096