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Table 1 Bi-variable and multi-variable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with measles outbreak, Zuna kebele, Sekota Zuria district, Amhara region, May 2016

From: Being unvaccinated and having a contact history increased the risk of measles infection during an outbreak: a finding from measles outbreak investigation in rural district of Ethiopia

Variables

Measles status

Crude odds ratio (COR)(95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (AOR)(95% CI)

Case

Control

Vaccination status

 Yes

5

30

0.19 (0.07–0.58)

0.17 (0.05–0.53)*

 No

24

28

1.00

1.00

Contact history with measles cases

 Yes

18

21

2.88 (1.15–7.25)

3.44 (1.26–9.38)*

 No

11

37

1.00

1.00

Educational status

 Illiterate

22

47

1.00

1.00

 Primary

7

11

1.22 (0.42–3.53)

1.57 (0.38–6.56)

Occupation

 Farmer

22

51

1.00

1.00

 Student

7

7

0.43 (0.14–1.38)

0.36 (0.01–1.34)

Knowledge about measles transmission

 Yes

19

40

0.86 (0.33–2.20)

0.82 (0.26–2.54)

 No

10

18

1.00

1.00

No of people living in a room

  < 5

13

40

1.00

1.00

  ≥ 5

16

18

2.74 (1.091–6.86)

1.89 (0.65–5.56)

Age in years

  < 5

5

22

0.20 (0.06–0.67)

0.36 (0.08–1.58)

 5–14

8

22

0.32 (0.11–0.94)

0.33 (0.10–1.09)

  ≥ 15

16

14

1.00

1.00

Sex

 Male

17

29

1.42 (0.58–3.49)

1.64 (0.52–5.21)

 Female

12

29

1.00

1.00

  1. *P<0.05