Association between the urogenital symptoms in rural 10–12 year old girls and urinary schistosomiasis.

Eight separate multivariate analyses.Age was forced into each model and did not influence the results (data not shown).aThe presence of at least one schistosome ova in any of the urine examined specimens.bOdds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI).cAdjusted odds ratio, different confounding variables were included in each multivariate analysis for the specific genital symptom.dRed urine as seen by the child.**If recalculated as ‘ever had the symptom’ it is significantly associated with urinary schistosomiasis.