Prevalence of diarrhoea and risk factors among children under five years old in Mbour, Senegal: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of risk factors of diarrhoea among children <5 years old in Mbour, Senegal, 2014

Two weeks diarrhoea prevalence N(total) = 1136/N(cases) = 295		Multivariate logistic regression*
		aOR	95% CI	P-value
Age (in years)	<25	1.00
	25–29	0.95	0.62–1.43	0.802
	30–39	0.73	0.46-1.15	0.178
	≥ 40	0.38	0.22–0.65	<0.001**
Occupational status	Employed	1.00
Occupational status	Unemployed	1.62	1.18–2.23	0.003**
Household’s socioeconomic status	Richest	0.62	0.42–0.90	0.013**
	Middle	0.64	0.41–0. 98	0.041**
	Poorest	1.00
Number of children <5 years in the house	<2	2.86	1.70–4.80	<0.001**
	2 to 3	1.55	1.00–2.40	0.035**
	≥ 4	1.00
Toilet shared with others households	Yes	1.69	1.11–2.56	0.014**
Toilet shared with others households	No	1.00
Domestic wastewater disposal	Dustbin	1.00
	Pit	0.96	0.62–1.49	0.868
	Public street	2.07	1.20–3.55	0.009**
Storage of household solid waste	Others	1.00
	Pail/basin	1.67	0.94–2.97	0.080
	Open bag	1.75	1.00–3.02	0.046**
Treatment of drinking water stored	Yes	1.00
Treatment of drinking water stored	No	1.69	1.11–2.56	0.014**

*Adjusted odds ratio (aOR), confidence interval (CI) and Wald P-value in the multivariable mixed regression model including random household intercepts. **Significant P-value <0.05 derived from the multivariable regression.The multivariable model was defined including the variables sex, age, educational level, socioeconomic status, number of people per household and number of children under 5 years per household. In addition, all risk factors that had a P-value lower than 0.2 in the univariable analyses were included into the multivariable regression models (as indicated in the Table 3)

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