Table 2. Risk factors associated with peripheral neuropathy, Papua New Guinea, 2010.
| Exposure | Cases | Controls | Crude odds ratio | Confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | Confidence interval | ||
| n = 7 | (%) | n = 36 | (%) | (cOR) | (95%CI) | (aOR) | (95%CI) | |
| Acute watery diarrhoea last 30 days | 1 | (14) | 7 | (19) | 0.70 | (0.01, 7.43) | - | - |
| Acute watery diarrhoea last 12 months | 3 | (43) | 11 | (31) | 1.68 | (0.21, 11.90) | - | - |
| Acute respiratory illness last 30 days | 2 | (29) | 8 | (22) | 1.39 | (0.11, 10.73) | - | - |
| Acute respiratory illness last 12 months | 5 | (71) | 9 | (25) | 7.09 | (0.96, 86.76) | - | - |
| Greens 90 days | 6 | (86) | 31 | (86) | 0.97 | (0.08, 53.30) | - | - |
| Fish 90 days | 5 | (71) | 35 | (97) | 0.08 | (<0.01, 1.77) | 0.30 | (<0.01, 23.55) |
| Oil 90 days | 7 | (100) | 35 | (97) | 0.19† | (0.01, +∞) | - | - |
| Bananas 90 days | 7 | (100) | 34 | (94) | 0.47† | (0.03, +∞) | - | - |
| Coconut 90 days | 6 | (86) | 36 | (100) | 0.19† | (<0.01, 7.58) | - | - |
| Instant noodles 90 days | 7 | (100) | 34 | (94) | 0.47† | (0.04, +∞) | - | - |
| Tea 90 days | 7 | (100) | 34 | (94) | 0.47† | (0.04, +∞) | - | - |
| Large fish (fresh) 90 days | 2 | (29) | 24 | (67) | 0.21 | (0.02, 1.50) | - | - |
| Shellfish 90 days | 1 | (14) | 11 | (31) | 0.39 | (0.01, 3.82) | - | - |
| Attend funeral last 30 days | 6 | (86) | 29 | (81) | 1.44 | (0.14, 76.01) | - | - |
| Trauma 30 days | 7 | (100) | 31 | (86) | 1.41† | (0.17, +∞) | - | - |
| Travel to town 90 days | 1 | (14) | 16 | (44) | 0.22 | (<0.01, 2.06) | 0.15† | (<0.01, 1.28) |
| Returned to island in recent crisis | 7 | (100) | 28 | (78) | 2.54† | (0.33, +∞) | - | - |
| Access to garden 90 days | 0 | (0) | 10 | (28) | 0.29† | (<0.01, 2.22) | - | - |
| Diverse diet ** | 4 | (57) | 33 | (92) | 0.12 | (0.01, 1.30) | 0.12† * | (<0.01, 0.94) |
*
P-value <0.05.
†
unbiased estimates.
**
those with >3 foods against those with ≤3 foods in their diet.