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Table 3 The effectiveness of Ivermectin treatment on S. stercoralis infected patients and associated factors

From: Effectiveness of Ivermectin treatment among adult patients infected with Strongyloides stercoralis in East Gojam zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Cureness

COR (95%CI)

p-value

AOR (95%CI)

p-value

Cured, n(%*)

Not cured, n(%*)

Sex

Female

86(50.3)

5(26.3)

1

 

1

 

Male

85(49.7)

14(73.7)

0.353(0.122, 1.023)

0.055

2.72 (0.884, 8.505)

0.081

Residence

Urban

61(35.7)

2(10.5)

1

 

1

 

Rural

110(64.3)

17(89.5)

4.714 (1.054, 21.037)

0.043

0.171 (0.036, 0.810)

0.026**

Age group

(years)

15–30

40(23.4)

1(5.3)

1

 

1

 

31–45

50(29.2)

2(10.5)

0.079 (0.10, 0.631)

0.017

1.342 (0.115, 15.679)

0.815

46–60

40(23.4)

3(15.8)

0.126 (0.027, 0.591)

0.009

3.045 (0.296, 31.330)

0.349

> 60

41(24.0)

13(68.4)

0.237 (0.063, 0.891)

0.033

12.125 (1.476, 99.585)

0.02**

  1. n = number of individuals; %*=percentage with in outcome variable; **=statistically significant, p < 0.05; COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval