Table 3 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

187/2112(8.9)

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gender

Male (ref)

99/1116(8.9)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Female

88/996(8.8)

0.99

0.74,1.34

0.977

1.03

0.75,1.42

0.864

Age group¹

0 to 12 months (ref)

76/758(10)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

13 to 24 months

75/528(14.2)

1.49

1.06,2.09

0.023*

1.90

1.31,2.75

0.001*

25 to 36 months

23/408(5.6)

0.54

0.33,0.87

0.011*

0.89

0.52,1.52

0.681

37 to 48 months

6/241(2.5)

0.23

0.98,0.53

0.001*

0.39

0.16,0.93

0.034*

49 to 60 months

6/148(4.1)

0.38

0.16,0.89

0.025*

0.59

0.24,1.40

0.245

HIV status²

Negative (ref)

117/1598(7.3)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Positive

59/302(19.5)

3.07

2.19,4.32

<0.001*

2.96

2.07,4.21

<0.001*

Patient type

Outpatients (ref)

105/1577(6.7)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Inpatients

82/535(15.3)

2.54

1.87,3.45

<0.001*

1.91

1.33,2.73

<0.001*

Seasonality

-

-

Dry Season (ref)

1.0

-

-

1.0

-

-

Wet season

0

1.72

1.23,2.41

<0.001*

1.45

1.01,2.09

0.042*