Table 3.

Factors associated with hospital-acquired diarrhea among pediatric patients in three tertiary-level hospitals in Bangladesh, 2007–2010

Exposure	Cases (N = 141)	Controls (N = 810)	Simple logistic regression		Multiple logistic regression
	n (%)	n (%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age categories, years
< 1	83 (59)	273 (32)	4.3	2.6–7.1*	6.6	3.8–11.4*
1–4	36 (26)	216 (27)	2.4	1.4–4.1†	2.9	1.6–5.3*
5–13	22 (16)	316 (39)	Reference		Reference
Days of hospitalization after > 72 hours	141	810	1.10	1.06–1.14*	1.13	1.09–1.18*
Antibiotic received within 72 hours of hospital admission
No	22 (16)	72 (9)	Reference		Reference
Yes	119 (84)	738 (91)	0.5	0.3–0.9†	0.3	0.2–0.6*

^*P < 0.001;

^†P < 0.05.