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Table 2 Predictors of Campylobacter infection among under five children attending at BMC and Sekou-Toure

From: Prevalence and determinants of Campylobacter infection among under five children with acute watery diarrhea in Mwanza, North Tanzania

Risk factors

Campylobacter infection

Unadjusted

 

Adjusted

 
 

YES

NO

OR [95% CI]

P-value

OR [95% CI]

P-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

    

Hospital

      

  BMC

8 (4.7)

161 (95.3)

1

 

1

 

  Seko Toure

21 (16.0)

110 (84.0)

3.8 [1.6-9.0]

0.002

4.0 [1.7-4.7]

0.002

Sex

      

  Male

16 (9.4)

154 (90.6)

1

 

-

-

  Female

13 (10.0)

117 (90.0)

1.1 [0.5-2.3]

0.864

-

-

Age

      

  ≤24 months

21 (8.1)

240 (91.9)

1

 

1

 

  >24 months

8 (20.5)

31 (79.5)

2.9 [1.2-7.2]

0.018

2.9 [1.1-7.7]

0.037

Body Temperature

      

  ≤37.5

6 (6.3)

89 (93.7)

1

   

  >37.5

23 (11.0)

182 (88.0)

1.9 [0.7-4.8]

0.187

-

-

Malaria

      

  No

23 (8.5)

247 (91.5)

1

 

1

 

  Yes

6 (20.0)

24 (80.0)

2.7 [1.0-7.2]

0.051

3.4 [1.2-10.1]

0.021

HIV Status

      

  Positive

1 (5.0)

19 (95.0)

1

   

  Negative

28 (10.0)

252 (90.0)

2.1 [0.3-16.4]

0.475

-

-

Boiling Water

      

  Yes

15 (8.3)

165 (91.7)

1

   

  No

14 (11.7)

106 (88.3)

1.5 [0.7-3.1]

0.341

-

-

Tap Water use

      

  Yes

5 (7.0)

66 (92.7)

    

  No

24 (10.5)

24 (10.5)

1.5 [0.6-4.2]

0.395

-

-

Well Water use

      

  Yes

4(7.27)

220 (89.0)

1

   

  No

25(10.0)

51 (92.7)

0.7 [0.2-2.1]

0.508

-

-

Keeping Chicken

      

  No

18 (9.1)

180 (90.9)

1

   

  Yes

11(10.8)

91 (89.2)

1.2 [0.5-2.7]

0.639

-

-

Keeping Cows

      

  No

24 (8.7)

252 (91.3)

1

 

1

 

  YES

5 (20.8)

19 (89.2)

2.8 [0.9-8.1]

0.063

2.3 [0.7-7.5]

0.163

Antibiotics Use

      

  Yes

19 (8.0)

218 (92.0)

1

 

1

 

  No

10 (15.9)

53 (84.1)

2.3 [1.0-5.0]

0.06

1.5 [0.6-3.8]

0.340