Table 1.
Distribution of Campylobacter infection in under five children with diarrhoea at Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, October 2011 to March 2012
| Variables |
Campylobacter species |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Positive |
Negative |
Total |
OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
|
Age in year |
|
|
|
|
|
| <1 |
15(34.1) |
58(24.1) |
73(25.6) |
|
|
| 1-5 |
29(65.9) |
183(75.9 |
212(74.4) |
1.63 (0.77, 3.42) |
0.16 |
|
Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
21(47.7) |
123(51) |
144(50.5) |
|
|
| Female |
23(52.3) |
118(49) |
141(49.5) |
0.88 (0.44,1.75) |
0.69 |
|
Residence |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
34(77.3) |
196(81.3) |
230(80.7) |
|
|
| Rural | 10(22.7) | 45(18.7) | 55(19.3) | 0.78 (0.34, 1.83) | 0.53 |
OR = Odds ratio, N: total number of under five children.