Table 3 Prevalence of Salmonella and its association with demographic determinant among febrile and diarrhoeagenic patients in selected health care facilities
Variable | Category | No. tested | No. of + ve culture | No. of Salmonella Detected | Occurrence (%) (n-24) | Prevalence (%) | Odds ratio | 95% CI | z statistic | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 240 | 107 | 15 | 62.5 | 6.25 | 0.0667 | 0.0384–0.1158 | 9.608 | < 0.0001 |
Female | 268 | 122 | 9 | 37.5 | 3.4 | 0.0347 | 0.0175–0.0690 | 9.601 | < 0.0001 | |
Age distribution | 1–10 | 129 | 77 | 15 | 62.5 | 11.6 | 0.1316 | 0.0729–0.2376 | 6.725 | < 0.0001 |
11–20 | 104 | 50 | 6 | 25 | 5.8 | 0.0612 | 0.0257–0.1458 | 6.308 | < 0.0001 | |
21–30 | 78 | 32 | 3 | 12.5 | 3.8 | 0.0400 | 0.0121–0.1323 | 5.275 | < 0.0001 | |
Diagnosis | Febrile illness | 378 | 147 | 15 | 62.5 | 3.9 | 0.0413 | 0.0242–0.0706 | 11.657 | < 0.0001 |
Diarrhoeal disease | 130 | 82 | 9 | 37.5 | 6.9 | 0.0744 | 0.0362–0.1527 | 7.079 | < 0.0001 | |
Study centre | LASUTH | 170 | 83 | 3 | 12.5 | 1.8 | 0.0180 | 0.0056–0.0574 | 6.783 | < 0.0001 |
RGH | 140 | 62 | 12 | 50 | 8.6 | 0.0938 | 0.0496–0.1772 | 7.290 | < 0.0001 | |
LFMC | 70 | 24 | 3 | 12.5 | 4.3 | 0.0448 | 0.0134–0.1491 | 5.060 | < 0.0001 | |
AGH | 128 | 60 | 6 | 25 | 10.0 | 0.0492 | 0.0209–0.1157 | 6.902 | < 0.0001 |