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Table 2 Prevalence and associated risk factors of Shigella species in diarrheic pediatric population attended at selected Gondar town healthcare institutions, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018, nā€‰=ā€‰272

From: Prevalence, associated risk factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Shigella infections among diarrheic pediatric population attending at Gondar town healthcare institutions, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Results of Shigella species

Positive (%)

Negative (%)

COR(95%CI)

AOR (95%Cl)

P-value

Sex

Male

18(11.9%)

133(88.1%)

1.35(0.61ā€“2.98)

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Female

11(9.1%)

110(90.9%)

1

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Ā 

Age

ā‰¤5ā€‰years

22(12.2%)

159(87.8%)

1.66(0.68ā€“4.04)

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Ā 

>ā€‰5ā€‰years

7(7.7%)

84(92.3%)

1

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Ā 

Breast feeding

Yes

14(12.4%)

99(87.6%)

1

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No

15(9.4%)

144(90.6%)

0.74(0.3401.59)

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Residence

Urban

25(10.0%)

226(90.0%)

1

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Ā 

Rural

4(19.0%)

17(81.0%)

2.13(0.66ā€“6.82)

1.43 (0.35ā€“5.89)

0.622

Income (family)

<ā€‰500

4(19.0%)

17(81.0%)

2.80(0.83ā€“9.45)

2.69 (0.62ā€“11.63)

0.186

500ā€“1000

9(13.4%)

58(86.6%)

1.56(0.66ā€“3.75)

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Ā 

>ā€‰1000

16(8.7%)

168(91.3%)

1

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Ā 

Educational (family)

Illiterate

15(25.4%)

44(74.6%)

5.11 (1.74ā€“15.03)

3.49 (1.01ā€“12.04)

0.047

Only read and write

1(3.1%)

31(96.9%)

0.48 (0.05ā€“4.31)

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Ā 

Primary school

6(11.1%)

48(88.9%)

1.87 (0.54ā€“6.48)

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Ā 

Secondary school

2(4.3%)

45(95.7%)

0.67(0.12ā€“3.58)

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Ā 

College and university

5(6.2%)

75(93.8%)

1

1

Ā 

Water source

Unprotected well water

2 (18.2%)

9 (81.8%)

1.94 (0.40ā€“9.47)

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Ā 

Surface water

2(11.1%)

16(88.9%)

1.09 (0.24ā€“5.02)

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Ā 

Piped tap water

25(10.3%)

218(89.7%)

1

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Domestic animals

Yes

8(14.3%)

48 (85.7%)

1.55(0.65ā€“3.71)

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Ā 

No

21(9.7%)

195 (90.3%)

1

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Ā 

Raw food

Yes

21 (18.4%)

93 (81.6%)

4.23 (1.80ā€“9.95)

3.66 (1.45ā€“9.24)

0.006

No

8(5.1%)

150(94.9%)

1

1

Ā 

Toilet

Open defecation

14 (20.9%)

53 (79.1%)

3.35 (1.52ā€“7.37)

1.88 (0.73ā€“4.84)

0.192

Latrine usage

15(7.3%)

190 (92.7%)

1

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Ā 

Hand Washing

Before preparing food

13 (12.3%)

93 (87.7%)

1.94 (0.66ā€“5.68)

1.45 (0.44ā€“4.73)

0.541

After defecating child

6 (12.2%)

43 (87.8%)

1.95 (0.56ā€“6.79)

1.50 (0.36ā€“6.19)

0.579

After toilet use

5 (11.9%)

37 (88.1%)

1.94 (0.53ā€“7.16)

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Ā 

After cleaning anything

5 (6.7%)

70 (93.3%)

1

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Ā 

Nutritional status

Normal

24(9.3%)

235 (90.7%)

1

1

Ā 

Malnourished

5(38.5%)

8 (61.5%)

6.12 (1.85ā€“20.19)

5.56 (1.42ā€“21.76)

0.014

  1. COR Crude Odds Ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio