Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and giardiasis: Results from a study of surrogate markers for fecal exposure among children

Table 4 Results of the multivariate analysis of selected variables and their association with H pylori or HAV infection in 121 children, Salvador, Brazil, 2001-2002.

	Seropositivity for H pylori	Seropositivity for HAV
	OR (95% CI)1	OR (95% CI)1
Age group (in yr)
1-3	1 (referent)	1 (referent)
4-9	2.6 (1.1-6.1)a	5.1 (1.913.9)b
10-12	4.2 (1.0-16.7)a	9.0 (2.039.5)b
Sanitary conditions
Poor garbage disposal quality (vs good)	2.4 (1.1-5.1)a	2.2 (0.94.9)
Presence of intestinal parasites
G. lamblia	3.2 (1.1-9.5)a	3.7 (1.211.7)b

¹OR (95% CI);

^aP<0.05,

^bP<0.01 vs others.