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. 2011 Dec 22;10:109. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-109

Table 4.

Comparison of the odds ratio of diarrhea risk between drinking deep tubewell and shallow tubewell water

Comparison Control variables n OR 95% CI p
Deep wells vs. shallow wells Unstratified 29900 0.86 0.74 1.01 0.063

Flood control

 Yes 11088 0.81 0.63 1.05 0.118

 No 18812 0.92 0.76 1.13 0.430

Population density

 Low 8599 0.70 0.51 0.96 0.028

 Medium 10407 0.94 0.72 1.23 0.670

 High 10894 0.94 0.73 1.21 0.647

Wealth

 Low 1789 1.52 0.83 2.77 0.179

 Low medium 5468 0.75 0.51 1.10 0.142

 Medium 12846 0.95 0.76 1.20 0.668

 High medium 5395 0.81 0.58 1.12 0.206

 High 1109 0.71 0.29 1.72 0.446

Education

 < 1 year 2471 0.11 0.02 0.82 0.031

 1-3 years 7989 1.22 0.88 1.68 0.236

 3-5 years 10819 0.78 0.57 1.05 0.105

 5-7 years 6424 0.96 0.74 1.24 0.763

 ≥ 7 years 3197 0.58 0.32 1.05 0.072

Year

 2000 4118 0.79 0.51 1.22 0.292

 2001 4227 0.85 0.55 1.31 0.462

 2002 4290 0.84 0.56 1.27 0.410

 2003 4335 0.83 0.56 1.26 0.385

 2004 4352 0.94 0.64 1.39 0.755

 2005 4316 0.79 0.51 1.22 0.286

 2006 4262 1.13 0.74 1.72 0.573

Children age

 0-12 months 1731 0.46 0.14 1.49 0.194

 13-24 months 2097 0.50 0.25 0.99 0.046

 25-36 months 2362 1.08 0.62 1.90 0.777

 37-48 months 2261 0.75 0.36 1.53 0.426

 49-60 months 1968 0.68 0.26 1.73 0.413

Baris drinking shallow tubewell water are the referent group. Univariate logistic regressions were used.