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Table 2 Association of environmental characteristics with acute respiratory infections among under five children in southern Tigray public hospitals, Ethiopia 2016/2017 (cases 96, controls 192)

From: Risk factors of acute respiratory infections among under five children attending public hospitals in southern Tigray, Ethiopia, 2016/2017

Variables

Participant

COR (95% CI)

Cases

Controls

House type

n (%)

n (%)

 

 Mud

58 (63)

131 (66.8)

0.295 (0.48–1814)

 Stone and bricks

31 (33.7)

63 (32.1)

0.900 (0.530–1.528)

 Iron sheet

3 (3.3)

2 (1)

1

Kitchen place

 Inside house

30 (32.6)

70 (35.7)

1.148 (0.679–1940)

 Outside house

62 (67.4)

126 (64.3)

1

Kitchen have chimney

 Yes

50 (54.3)

90 (45.9)

1

 No

42 (45.7)

106 (54.1)

1.402 (0.853–2.305)

Child carried on the back while cooking

 Always

6 (6.5)

16 (8).2

0.858 (0.320–2.302)

 Sometimes

27 (29.3)

45 (23)

0.625 (0.218–1.791)

 Never

59 (64.1)

135 (68.9)

1

Time stay in kitchen

 One hour

39 (42.4)

95 (48.5)

1

 Two hour

48 (52.2)

91 (49.5)

0.830 (0.499–1.379)

 Three hour

5 (5.4)

4 (2)

0.328 (0.084–1.288)

Fuel type

 Wood

  Yes

87 (84.6)

174 (88.8)

0.456 (0.166–1241)

  No

5 (5.4)

22 (11.2)

1

 Cow dung

  Yes

45 (49.9)

110 (56.1)

1.334 (1.001–4.973)

  No

47 (58.1)

86 (44.9)

1

 Charcoal

  Yes

36 (39.1)

104 (53.1)

1.758 (1.062–2.911)

  No

56 (60.9)

92 (46.9)

1

 Wood and cow dung

  Yes

38 (41.3)

58 (29.6)

0.597 (0.356–1.001)

  No

54 (58.7)

138 (70.4)

1

 Wood and charcoal

  Yes

33 (35.9)

93 (47.4)

1.164 (0.969–2.688)

  No

59 (64.1)

103 (52.6)

1

 Smoker in the house

  Yes

12 (13)

4 (2)

0.139 (0.043–0.444)

  No

80 (87)

192 (98)

1

  1. OR Odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, p Level of significance using chi-square test, p < 0.05 was considered significant