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Table 4 Factors significantly associated with diarrhea among children aged 0–23 months from multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis

From: Priorities for intervention to prevent diarrhea among children aged 0–23 months in northeastern Ethiopia: a matched case-control study

Variables

Category

Adjusted mOR (95% CI)

p-value

Age of mother/caregiver (years)

< 25

Ref

 

25–34

1.47(0.96–9.24)

0.650

> 35

2.00(1.37–5.80)

< 0.001

Marital status of mother/caregiver

Single

1.42(0.54–4.40)

0.84

Divorced/widowed

1.40(1.26–3.30)

0.001

Married

Ref

 

Exclusive breastfeeding of the child

No

2.12(1.15–3.70)

0.002

Yes

Ref

 

Feces observed on the floor and/or around the latrine

Yes

1.37(1.21–3.50)

< 0.001

No

Ref

 

Availability of handwashing facility within/around the latrine

No

1.50(1.30–5.30)

0.030

Yes

Ref

 

Domestic sewage discharge method

Open ditch outside the compound

2.13(1.48–3.70)

0.032

Discharged into latrine

1.10(0.76–3.80)

0.481

Discharge everywhere

3.29(1.85–7.50)

< 0.001

Soak-away pit

Ref

 

Mother/caregiver handwashing practice at critical times

< 3 critical times

4.50(2.54–9.50)

< 0.001

> 3 critical times

Ref

 
  1. Ref, reference category; adjusted mOR, adjusted matched odds ratio; CI, confidence interval