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Table 1 Distribution of Campylobacter infection in under five children with diarrhoea at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2011 to March 2012

From: Prevalence, associated risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Campylobacter species among under five diarrheic children at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Campylobacter species

Positive

Negative

Total

OR (95% CI)

P-value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age in year

     

 <1

15(34.1)

58(24.1)

73(25.6)

  

 1-5

29(65.9)

183(75.9

212(74.4)

1.63 (0.77, 3.42)

0.16

Sex

     

 Male

21(47.7)

123(51)

144(50.5)

  

 Female

23(52.3)

118(49)

141(49.5)

0.88 (0.44,1.75)

0.69

Residence

     

 Urban

34(77.3)

196(81.3)

230(80.7)

  

 Rural

10(22.7)

45(18.7)

55(19.3)

0.78 (0.34, 1.83)

0.53

  1. OR = Odds ratio, N: total number of under five children.