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Table 4 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months

From: Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in children under five years of age in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Brazil: a case control study

Variable

First Model

Final Model

Odds Ratio

p-value

95 % CI

Odds Ratio

p-value

95 % CI

Household crowding

1.79

0.01

1.14–2.80

2.15

<0.01

1.46–3.18

Male gender

0.52

<0.01

0.37–0.72

0.53

<0.01

0.39–0.72

Not immunized against the influenza virus

2.80

<0.01

1.82–4.30

3.59

<0.01

2.62–4.91

Age < 1 year

1.33

0.23

0.83–2.14

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Exclusive breastfeeding

0.73

0.07

0.52–1.03

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Undernutrition (weight-for-age ratio ≤ 2 z score)

1.50

0.21

0.79–2.85

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Family income (≤1 minimum wage)

1.16

0.37

0.83–1.62

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Maternal age

1.36

0.41

0.65–2.85

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Maternal education

1.01

0.94

0.71–1.43

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Smoking by household members

0.96

0.87

0.63–1.46

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Maternal smoking

1.53

0.27

0.71–3.30

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Constant

0.77

0.17

0.54–1.11

0.78

0.06

0.60–1.01