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Table 2 Regression coefficients and odds ratios for prevalence of diarrhea, fever and ARI by selected demographic, socio-economic and community and health characteristics of children in Bangladesh, 2017–18

From: Prevalence and determinants of fever, ARI and diarrhea among children aged 6–59 months in Bangladesh

Selected variables

Categories

Diarrheab (%)

Feverb (%)

ARIb (%)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Demographic

Sex

Malea

-

-

-

Female

0.95 (0.76,1.2)**

0.92 (0.82,0.98)*

0.79 (0.70,0.89)***

Age of child (in months)

 < 12a

-

-

-

13–24

1.11 (0.84,1.46)

0.86 (0.74,1.00)*

0.89 (0.77,1.04)**

25 + 

0.65 (0.46,0.93)**

0.66 (0.55,0.78)***

0.80 (0.67,0.95)**

Currently breastfeeding

Noa

-

-

-

Yes

1.44 (0.96,2.15)

0.92 (0.76,0.97)*

0.99 (0.83,1.21)

Age of mother at 1st birth (Years)

12-17a

-

-

-

18–25

1.07 (0.84,1.37)

0.90 (0.80,1.02)*

0.91 (0.8,1.03)

26 + 

0.50 (0.21,1.17)**

0.8 (0.57,1.13)

0.79 (0.57,1.11)

Mother's BMI

Thina

-

-

-

Normal

0.82 (0.60,1.12)

0.94 (0.79,1.11)

0.93 (0.79,1.10)

Overweight

1.01 (0.69,1.48)

0.86 (0.70,1.06)

0.97 (0.79,1.19)

Socio-economic

Father’s education

Noa

-

-

-

Primary

1.32 (0.89,1.96)

1.04 (0.86,1.27)

1.02 (0.84,1.24)

Secondary + 

1.17 (0.76,1.78)

1.08 (0.87,1.32)

0.98 (0.8,1.21)

Mother’s education

Noa

-

-

-

Primary

0.52 (0.33,0.83)**

1.02 (0.78,1.32)

0.98 (0.76,1.28)

Secondary + 

0.48 (0.31,0.77)***

1.06 (0.81,1.38)

1.09 (0.83,1.42)**

Wealth index

Pooresta

-

-

-

Poorer

0.96 (0.67,1.39)

0.89 (0.74,1.08)**

0.89 (0.74,1.07)

Middle

1.31 (0.90,1.90)**

1.03 (0.85,1.26)***

0.85 (0.7,1.04)

Richer

0.79 (0.50,1.23)**

1.01 (0.82,1.26)

0.87 (0.7,1.08)**

Richest

1.07 (0.63,1.82)

0.78 (0.60,0.83)*

0.87 (0.67,1.14)

Community and health

Place of delivery

With health facilitya

-

-

-

Respondent's home

0.81 (0.58,1.11)

1.16 (0.98,1.38)

0.92 (0.77,0.98)*

Delivery by caesarean section

Noa

-

-

-

Yes

0.92 (0.65,1.29)

1.19 (0.99,1.42)

1.03 (0.86,1.23)

No. of living children

1a

-

-

-

2–3

0.95 (0.74,1.22)

1.13 (0.99,1.29)

0.89 (0.78,0.94)*

4 or more

0.60 (0.36,0.98)**

1.30 (1.04,1.64)**

1.00 (0.79,1.26)

Religion

Muslima

-

-

-

Non-Muslim

0.54 (0.32,0.93)**

0.77 (0.61,0.97)**

0.94 (0.76,1.17)

Place of residence

Urbana

-

-

-

Rural

1.01 (0.74,1.37)

1.04 (0.89,1.21)

0.98 (0.84,1.14)

Delivery by caesarean section

Noa

-

-

-

Yes

0.92 (0.65,1.29)

1.19 (0.99,1.42)

1.03 (0.86,1.23)

Source of drinking water

Safea

-

-

-

Unsafe

0.59 (0.29,1.22)**

0.79 (0.67,0.91)*

0.73 (0.53,0.81)*

Type of toilet facility

Moderna

-

-

-

Pit Latrine

0.88 (0.61,1.27)

0.92 (0.76,1.11)

1.09 (0.90,1.31)

Others

0.90 (0.42,1.93)

1.17 (0.82,1.68)

1.45 (1.01,2.07)**

Received BCG

Noa

-

-

-

Yes

3.84 1.33,11.04)**

1.98 (1.45,2.70)***

2.36 (1.72,3.23)***

Received DPT

Noa

-

-

-

Yes

1.85 (1.20,2.85)**

1.45 (1.19,1.77)***

1.29 (1.06,1.58)**

Division

Barisala

-

-

-

Chittagong

0.84 (0.52,1.36)

0.85 (0.65,1.13)

0.95 (0.72,1.25)

Dhaka

0.56 (0.34,0.93)**

0.80 (0.60,0.95)*

0.94 (0.71,1.25)

Khulna

0.54 (0.29,0.99)**

0.86 (0.63,1.18)

1.12 (0.81,1.53)

Mymensingh

0.74 (0.42,1.29)

0.81 (0.59,1.11)**

1.03 (0.76,1.41)

Rajshahi

0.80 (0.47,1.34)

0.96 (0.72,1.30)

1.4 (1.04,1.88)**

Rangpur

0.67 (0.39,1.15)

1.03 (0.76,1.39)**

1.27 (0.94,1.71)

Sylhet

0.82 (0.45,1.47)

1.07 (0.77,1.47)

1.17 (0.85,1.62)**

Model fitting information

 Cox & Snell R Square

0.68

0.72

0.76

 Omnibus Tests of Model Coefficients

109.35***

123.92***

138.98***

 Hosmer and Lemeshow Test

6.98***

6.06***

5.49***

  1. aReference category of each independent variable
  2. bReference category of each dependent variable is ‘no’ i.e. children had not suffered diarrhea, fever or ARI
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001