Table 1.
Selected Exposures among Cases and Controls, East Akim Municipality, November, 2010
| Risk Factor | Cases #/Total |
Controls #/Total |
Odds Ratio |
95% C.I. |
| Water | ||||
| 1. Stream/river | 27/39 | 19/78 | 6.99 | 2.75–18.0 |
| 2. Borehole | 4/39 | 8/78 | 0.86 | 0.20–3.47 |
| 3. Sachet water | 1/39 | 18/78 | 0.09 | 0.00–0.68 |
| 4. Well | 3/39 | 15/78 | 0.35 | 0.07–1.42 |
| Food | ||||
| 5. Banku | 19/39 | 43/78 | 0.77 | 0.33–1.79 |
| 6. Fufu | 20/39 | 41/78 | 0.92 | 0.4–2.15 |
| 7. Kenkey | 9/39 | 16/78 | 1.16 | 0.42–3.21 |
| 8. Orange | 8/39 | 25/78 | 0.55 | 0.20–1.47 |
| Others | ||||
| 9. Availability of Latrine in house |
18/39 | 34/78 | 1.11 | 0.48–2.58 |
| 10. Washing of hands with soap before meals |
6/39 | 18/78 | 0.61 | 0.19–1.83 |
| 11. Contact with person with diarrhoea |
17/39 | 32/78 | 1.11 | 0.47–2.6 |
| 12. Visited any person with diarrhoea |
12/39 | 31/78 | 0.67 | 0.27–1.64 |