Table 6 Covariates of prevalence of CSOM at 12 month follow-up in the intervention and control groups using generalised estimating equation (GEE)
Parameter | B | SE | Hypothesis test | Odds ratio | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wald chi-square | df | P | |||||
(Intercept) | −4.72 | 1.19 | 15.68 | 1 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.001 to 0.09 |
Group (control vs intervention) | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.42 | 1 | 0.52 | 1.345 | 0.55 to 3.28 |
VDC (1 vs 2) | 0.58 | 0.48 | 1.41 | 1 | 0.23 | 1.78 | 0.69 to 4.59 |
Distance to health post (< 1 h vs ≥ 1 h) | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 1 | 0.43 | 1.57 | 0.52 to 4.75 |
Caste (Dalit vs Brahmin/Chhetri) | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.69 | 1.24 | 0.44 to 3.49 |
Woman’s education (none vs some) | 0.63 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 1 | 0.42 | 1.87 | 0.41 to 8.50 |
Area of household land (hals) | −0.24 | 0.14 | 2.78 | 1 | 0.10 | 0.79 | 0.60 to 1.04 |
Number of cattle, buffalo, horses | 0.16 | 0.07 | 4.43 | 1 | 0.04 | 1.17 | 1.01 to 1.35 |
Woman’s age | −0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 0.88 to 1.12 |
Children’s BMI-for-age z score | −0.66 | 0.22 | 9.07 | 1 | 0.003 | 0.52 | 0.34 to 0.79 |