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Table 2 Predictors of diarrheal morbidity in Bahir Dar town administration, northwest Ethiopia, May, 2015

From: Exclusive breastfeeding and rotavirus vaccination are associated with decreased diarrheal morbidity among under-five children in Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia

Explanatory variable

Diarrheal morbidity

Yes No

Crude odds ratio(95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio(95% CI)

Sex of the child

Male

33

250

1.74 (0.97, 3.15)

1.65 (0.89, 3.05)

Female

19

251

1.00

1.00

Solid waste disposal system

No

15

95

1.73 (0.91, 3.23)

2.62 (1.19, 5.77)

Yes

37

406

1.00

1.00

Occupation of the mothers

House wife

18

194

1.00

1.00

Employed and private business

34

307

1.19 (0.66,2.17)

2.10 (1.02, 4.31)

Monthly income of the family

≤ 600

26

195

2.47 (1.13, 5.43)

2.99 (1.23, 7.24)

601–2000

9

139

2.27 (0.96, 5.25)

2.65 (0.99, 6.67)

≥ 2001

52

167

1.00

1.00

Rotavirus vaccine dose 2

No

32

167

3.20 (1.78,5.77)

3.96 (2.13, 7.33)

Yes

20

334

1.00

1.00

Exclusive breastfeeding

No

22

135

1.20 (1.11, 3.57)

2.69 (1.39, 5.19)

Yes

30

266

1.00

1.00

  1. Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test was checked; the result was 0.76