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Table 3 Factors associated with acute bloody diarrhoea

From: Enteric pathogens and factors associated with acute bloody diarrhoea, Kenya

Factors

Cases

Controls

Odds Ratio

95 % CI

P-value

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Yes

n (%)

No

n (%)

Main water source treated

79 (42.5)

107 (57.5)

183 (47.8)

200 (52.2)

0.807

0.871–1.764

0.235

Drinking water covered

222 (90.6)

23 (9.4)

470 (93.6)

32 (6.4)

0.657

0.376–1.149

0.139

Drinking water stored in super drum

29 (10.2)

255 (89.8)

90 (17.3)

431 (82.7)

0.545

.0349–0.851

0.007a

Drinking water stored separately

124 (49.8)

125 (50.2)

290 (57.9)

211 (42.1)

0.722

0.532–0.979

0.036a

Coliform in household water

44 (29.3)

106 (70.7)

40 (26.3)

112 (73.7)

0.341

0.702–1.924

0.341

Coliform in main water source

43 (31.4)

94 (68.6)

26 (18.8)

112 (81.2)

1.971

1.127–3.446

0.016a

Main water source protected

131 (78.0)

37 (22.0)

135 (86.5)

21 (13.5)

0.551

0.306–0.991

0.045a

Eating raw foods/vegetables

230 (91.6)

21 (8.6)

475 (94.2)

29 (5.8)

0.669

0.373–1.198

0.174

Always reheat food before eating

127 (55.5)

102 (44.5)

286 (59.5)

195 (40.5)

0.849

0.618–1.167

0.313

Eating from outside home

120 (48.6)

127 (51.4)

208 (41.8)

290 (58.2)

1.317

0.969–1.790

0.078

Toilet present in the compound

174 (69)

78 (31)

358 (71.9)

140 (28.1)

0.872

0.627–1.215

0.419

Toilet clean and covered

224 (78.6)

61 (21.4)

408 (78.5)

112 (21.5)

1.008

0.709–1.433

0.964

Always hand-wash after defecating

133 (53.6)

115 (46.4)

324 (65.2)

173 (34.8)

0.618

0.453–0.842

0.002a

Washed hands after last defecation

174 (74.7)

59 (25.3)

403 (86.3)

64 (13.7)

0.468

0.315–0.696

0.0001a

Always wash hands after disposing child’s stool

105 (56.8)

80 (43.2)

253 (65.4)

134 (34.6)

0.698

0.486–0.995

0.046a

Always washing hands before food preparation

119 (54.1)

101 (45.9)

256 (59.3)

176 (50.7)

0.81

0.584–1.124

0.207

Always washing hands before eating

219 (87.3)

32 (12.7)

441 (89.1)

54 (10.9)

0.838

0.526–1.336

0.457

Poor compound cleanliness

48 (19.2)

202 (80.8)

59 (12.1)

429 (87.9)

1.728

1.139–2.619

0.009a

Entered livestock pen past 2 weeks

31 (16.1)

162 (83.9)

63 (15.1)

353 (84.9)

1.072

0.671–1.713

0.771

Contact with livestock drinking water in the past 2 weeks

21 (10)

189 (90)

33 (7.4)

413 (92.6)

1.391

0.784–2.468

0.258

  1. aStatistically significant factors