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. 2014 Aug 6;15:310. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-310

Table 2.

Characteristics showing differences between EMaBS children and community survey children after multivariable analysis

Sociodemographic variables Adjusted OR (95% CI)1 P 1
Maternal tribe
Muganda 1 0.03
Munyankole/Mutoro/Munyarwanda 0.31 (0.14, 0.71)
Musoga 0.44 (0.14, 1.32)
Other 0.76 (0.36, 1.61)
Maternal education
None 5.89 (2.28, 15.17) <0.001
Primary 1
Secondary 2.07 (1.21, 3.55)
Tertiary 0.97 (0.31, 3.03)
Paternal education
None/primary 1 <0.001
Secondary 0.64 (0.33, 1.23)
Tertiary 0.18 (0.08, 0.40)
Maternal employment
Unemployed 1
Employed 0.21 (0.12, 0.37) <0.001
Crowding
<=3 people/room 1
>3 people/room 0.54 (0.30, 0.97) 0.04
Walls
Bricks 1
Mud/metal 0.28 (0.11, 0.73) 0.01
Barefoot exposure
Never/rarely 1
Often 17.91 (6.82, 47.07) <0.001
Child sleeps under net
Always 1 0.02
Sometimes 2.09 (0.88, 4.98)
Never 3.66 (1.42, 9.47)
Household nets treated?
None 1
Some/all 0.07 (0.03, 0.17) <0.001
Measles
No 1
Yes 0.23 (0.07, 0.80) 0.02

1Odds ratios use the trial population as the reference group and are adjusted for clustering. Results for tribe, maternal education and paternal education adjusted for each other; results for maternal employment adjusted for tribe and parental education; results for crowding and walls adjusted for tribe, education, employment and each other; results for barefoot exposure, child bed-net usage and household net treatment adjusted for all other factors except measles; results for measles adjusted for all other factors.