Prevalence, characteristics and correlates of enteric pathogenic protozoa in drinking water sources in Molyko and Bomaka, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Table 6 Correlates of enteric pathogenic protozoa in water sources-multivariate analysis

Predictor	aOR*	95 % CI	p-value
Location of water source
Open	Ref
Closed	1.85	0.61–5.55	0.28
Lid on water source
Yes	Ref
NA	1.63	0.34–7.73	0.54
Pipes exposure
Not exposed	Ref
Exposed	1.93	0.74–5.04	0.17
NA	0.46	0.04–5.72	0.54
Distance from septic tank
≤ 10 m	Ref
> 10 m	0.51	0.17–1.53	0.23
Distance from animals
≤ 10 m	Ref
> 10 m	0.00	0.00- > 1.0E12	0.96
Existence of water source
≤ 5 years	Ref
6–10years	0.55	0.15–1.95	0.35
> 10 years	0.47	0.14–1.64	0.24
Mud
Absent	Ref
Present	1.44	0.54–3.87	0.45
Covered by cement
Absent	Ref
Present	0.56	0.20–1.58	0.27
Cleaning frequency
Never/rarely	Ref
Weekly	0.15	0.02–1.19	0.07
Monthly	0.20	0.03–1.51	0.12
Yearly	0.19	0.01–3.73	0.28
pH
6	Ref
7	0.27	0.09–0.83	0.02**
Turbidity
Clear	Ref
Cloudy/contain particles	1.98	0.40–9.75	0.40
Odour
No	Ref
Yes	4.06	0.41–40.54	0.23
Sliminess
No	Ref
Yes	1.59	0.10–24.29	0.74

*aOR adjusted odds ratio, OR odds ratio, ref reference variable category
**bold = statistically significant result, NA not applicable to the factor being studied, Ref reference variable category, CI confidence interval, p-values < 0.05 are statistically significant

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