Table 3.

Independent predictors of any diarrheal illness among children < 5 years old in the HUAS in western Kenya in 2007 (weighted analysis; N = 1,043)

Variable*	Any diarrhea		Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	aOR† (95% CI)
	n/N	Weighted (%)
Child's age group (months)
0–11	112/366	30.5	2.27 (1.57–3.27)	2.19 (1.50–3.21)
12–23	108/340	31.4	2.37 (1.63–3.46)	2.24 (1.53–3.30)
24–59	55/337	16.2	Reference	Reference
Child's sex
Male	157/542	24.7	1.32 (0.96–1.83)	1.24 (0.88–1.75)
Female	118/501	19.8
Caretaker knows a child who died of bloody diarrhea
Yes	63/185	33.0	1.99 (1.34–2.97)	2.30 (1.50–3.54)
No	207/843	19.8
Caretaker thinks bloody diarrhea is more dangerous than simple loose watery and cholera-like diarrhea
Yes	159/526	26.7	1.67 (1.21–2.31)	1.68 (1.20–2.35)
No	114/514	17.9
Caretaker knows ways to prevent bloody diarrhea
Yes	102/458	17.6	0.60 (0.43–0.83)	0.57 (0.41–0.81)
No	173/585	26.4

^*Based on the inclusion criteria, 22 variables were initially included in the model; results are shown for the significant variables controlling for age and sex.

^†aORs, where all ORs control for other factors in the model.