Table 2: Characteristics of Warao Amerindian children 0 to 2 years of age and parasitic infections compared with atopic eczema and recurrent wheezing
Characteristics:
Eczema
No eczema
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Recurrent wheezing
No recurrent wheezing
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
(n=43)
(n=186)
p-value
OR (95% CI)
(n=28)
(n=95)
p-value
OR (95% CI)
12 (6)
13 (6)
1.0
0.99 (0.93-1.0)¹
18 (3)
17 (4)
0.018
1.1 (0.91-1.3)
Age (months), mean (SD)
Range 0 to 24
Sex, n (%)
0.84
0.070
Female
22 (51)
92 (50)
1.13 (0.58-2.2)
9 (32)
49 (52)
0.27 (0.059-1.2)
Male
21 (49)
94 (51)
1
19 (68)
46 (48)
1
Stunted (HAZ < -2 SD)
26 (65)
81 (45)
0.019
2.0 (1.0-4.0)²
18 (64)
45 (47)
0.12
4.6 (1.0-21.4)³
Underweight (WAZ < -2 SD)
8 (20)
33 (20)
0.99
#
8 (29)
21 (22)
0.48
#
Wasted (WHZ < -2 SD)
0 (0)
15 (9)
0.047
#
2 (7)
8 (8)
1.0
#
Eczema
No eczema
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Recurrent wheezing
No recurrent wheezing
Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
(n=23)
(n=77)
p-value
OR (95% CI)
(n=16)
(n=45)
p-value
OR (95% CI)
Helminth infection
6 (22)
20 (26)
0.99
#
10 (63)
27 (60)
0.86
#
Protozoa pathogenic
11 (48)
47 (61)
0.26
#
13 (81)
20 (44)
0.011
7.1 (1.6-32.0)
Protozoa non-pathogenic
5 (22)
18 (23)
0.87
#
2 (13)
4 (9)
0.65
#
Malnourished, n (%)
Parasitic infections, n (%)
¹p=0.61
²p=0.043
³p=0.050