Table 3.

Percent of cases and controls exposed to possible risk factors

Percent of	Percent of		Odds ratio	Lower OR	Upper	Probability (Fisher's
	cases	controls	(OR)	confidence	confidence	exact test)
				limit OR	limit OR
Exposures to illnes
Previous Meningitis	0.0	5.56	undefined			1.00
Previous Measles	15.38	58%	0.13	0.02	0.76	0.025*
Positive skin snip for	92.31	43.75	15.43	1.60	148.82	0.008*
Onchocerciasis
Treatment with	61.54	36.84	2.79	0.64	11.75	1.00
ivermectin
Other exposures
Internal displacement	92.31	73.68	4.29	0.44	41.95	0.36
Male sex	23.08	31.58	0.65	0.13	3.26	0.70
Dietary exposures
Cultivation of crops
Narango	92.31	88.89	1.50	0.12	0.19	1.00
Serena	41.67	16.67	3.57	0.66	19.34	0.21
Bari	69.23	66.67	1.13	0.24	5.21	1.00
Diri	84.62	88.89	0.69	0.08	5.64	1.00
Sorghum types eaten by child
Narango	84.62	100.00	undefined			0.16
Serena	53.85	15.79	6.22	1.20	32.3	0.049*
Bari	76.92	68.42	1.54	0.31	7.72	0.70
Diri	92.31	89.47	1.41	0.11	17.4	1.00
Serena major food	23.08	11.11	2.40	0.33	16.97	0.63
Other dietary elements
Baboon meat	69.23	33.33	4.50	0.97	20.83	0.07
Baboon brain	46.15	22.22	3.00	0.63	14.23	0.25
Colored seeds	83.33	50.00	5.00	0.82	30.46	0.11
Cawa	84.62	94.44	0.32	0.03	4.01	0.56
Unripe sorghum	92.3	83.33	2.40	0.22	26.12	0.62

^*Significant at the .05 level.