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Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with RSV infection (n = 117)

From: Respiratory syncytial virus in severe lower respiratory infections in previously healthy young Ethiopian infants

 

Variable

p value

COR (95% C.I)

p value

AOR (95% CI)

1

Age

0.11

0.06

13.5 (0.89,206)

2

Sex

0.07

2.25 (0.93,5.47)

0.06

0.29 (0.08,1.06)

3

Presence of wheeze

0.001

5.10 (1.97,13.02)

0.17

3.33 (0.53,20.97)

4

Type of LRI

0.002

4.87 (1.78,13.27)

0.69

0.53 (0.09,3.22)

5

Season of LRI

0.02

2.92 (1.20,7.13)

0.02

9.15 (1.30,64.32)

6

Bulging chest

0.04

5.33 (1.11,25.56)

0.25

4.62 (0.33,63.93)

7

Infant feeding

0.12

0.51

4 (0.54,29.7)

8

WBC

0.34

0.99

9

CRP

0.52

0.66 (0.23,1.91)

0.47

0.50 (0.08,3.12)

10

CXR

0.78

0.48

1.85 (0.33,10.38)

  1. Key: COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval