Table 3 Socio-demographic, lifestyle, and clinical factors associated with S. stercoralis in bivariate analyses in patients undergoing haemodialysis, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Age

  < 50 years old

84

8 (12.3%)

64 (87.7%)

0.45 (0.17–1.09)

.07

  ≥ 50 years old

65

20 (23.8%)

57 (76.2%)

Gender

 Male

72

13 (18.1%)

59 (81.9%)

.91 (0.39–2.10)

.82

 Female

77

15 (19.5%)

62 (80.5%)

Education level

 Primary

67

13 (19.4%)

54 (80.6%)

1.08 (0.46–2.48)

.86

 Secondary-technical-university

82

15 (18.3%)

67 (81.7%)

Living area

 Rural

65

14 (21.5%)

51 (78.5%)

1.37 (0.59–3.17)

.45

 Urban

84

14 (16.7%)

70 (83.3%)

Walks without shoes

 Never

91

17 (18.7%)

74 (81.3%)

.98 (.42–2.34)

.97

 Sometimes/frequently

58

11 (19.0%)

47 (81.0%)

Abdominal pain (during last month)

 Yes

53

10 (18.9%)

43 (81.1%)

1.01 (.41–2.73)

.99

 No

96

18 (18.7%)

78 (81.3%)

Diarrhea (during last month)

 Yes

54

9 (16.7%)

45 (83.3%)

.8 (.32–1.91)

.61

 No

95

19 (20.0%)

76 (80.0%)